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Could Bayesian statistics find Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing? This niche...

More or Less · BBC Radio 4

March 22, 20149m 34s

Show Notes

Could Bayesian statistics find Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing? This niche form of statistical modelling has been used to find everything from submarines to missing people. More or Less explores how it was used to locate the wreckage of Air France flight 447 from Brazil to France which disappeared in 2009. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.