Bayesian Inference
In Bayesian statistics, the conjugate prior of the mean vector is another multivariate normal distribution, and the conjugate prior of the covariance matrix is an inverse-Wishart distribution . Suppose then that n observations have been made
and that a conjugate prior has been assigned, where
where
and
Then,
where
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