AI Glossary
The complete dictionary of Artificial Intelligence
Probabilistic program synthesis
Automatic approach of program generation using probabilistic models to explore the solution space and model uncertainty in the algorithmic creation process.
Bayesian program modeling
Theoretical framework applying Bayesian principles to represent probability distributions over programs and update beliefs during algorithmic exploration.
Probabilistic inference
Computational process for deducing properties of complex distributions over programs from partial observations or specified constraints.
Probabilistic search space
Structured set of possible programs equipped with a probability distribution that guides exploration toward the most promising solutions according to utility criteria.
Probabilistic programming
Programming paradigm natively integrating probabilistic primitives allowing the definition of generative models and performing automatic inference on programs.
Probability distribution over programs
Mathematical function assigning probabilities to different programs or algorithmic structures, serving as a basis for sampling and guided optimization.
Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
Family of sampling algorithms constructing a Markov chain whose stationary distribution corresponds to the target distribution over the program space.
Generative program models
Probabilistic systems learning to generate new valid programs by capturing the statistical structure of an existing program corpus or optimal solutions.
Probabilistic meta-learning
An approach where the agent learns to improve its own program synthesis strategies by probabilistically modeling the effectiveness of different exploration heuristics.
Bayesian program optimization
Global optimization method using Bayesian models to efficiently guide the search for optimal programs in high-dimensional spaces that are expensive to evaluate.
Probabilistic computational graphs
Data structures representing programs with probabilistic nodes, enabling uncertainty propagation and efficient inference in algorithmic architectures.
Stochastic neural networks
Neural architecture incorporating randomness in its activations or weights, used to model distributions over program spaces and guide exploration.
Gaussian processes for synthesis
Application of Gaussian processes to model program performance surfaces and guide efficient sampling in algorithmic search spaces.
Sequential Monte Carlo methods
Adaptive sampling techniques using particle systems to dynamically approximate distributions evolving during the iterative synthesis process.
Amortized variational inference
Optimization where variational parameters are predicted by a neural network, enabling fast inference for new observations in program synthesis.
Probabilistic automated programming
Field combining machine learning and automatic code generation using probabilistic methods to discover optimized algorithms without explicit supervision.
Bayesian reinforcement learning
Learning framework where the agent maintains belief distributions about the environment and optimizes its policy generation programs according to Bayesian principles.