Dirichlet distribution

Summary

Dirichlet distribution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (619 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Dirichlet distribution's image is recorded as Dirichlet distributions.png^[2].
• Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet is named after Dirichlet distribution^[3].
• Dirichlet distribution's subclass of is recorded as grouped Dirichlet distribution^[4].
• Dirichlet distribution's subclass of is recorded as generalized Dirichlet distribution^[5].
• Dirichlet distribution's subclass of is recorded as probability distribution^[6].
• Dirichlet distribution's Commons category is recorded as Dirichlet distribution^[7].
• Dirichlet distribution's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047k7q^[8].
• Dirichlet distribution's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/dirichlet^[9].
• Dirichlet distribution's equivalent class is recorded as http://edamontology.org/data_1347^[10].
• Dirichlet distribution's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00240840n^[11].
• Dirichlet distribution's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 169214877^[12].
• Dirichlet distribution's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C169214877^[13].
• Dirichlet distribution's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as raspredelenie-dirikhle-d03b3f^[14].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Dirichlet distribution include latent Dirichlet allocation^[15], a topic model^[16], founded in 2000^[17].

Why It Matters

Dirichlet distribution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (619 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]

Entities named for it include latent Dirichlet allocation^[15], a topic model^[16], founded in 2000^[17].