What is start probability?

Some articles on probability, start probability:

Viterbi Algorithm - Example
... The particular probability distribution used here is not the equilibrium one, which is (given the transition probabilities) approximately {'Healthy' 0.57, 'Fever' 0.43} ... is the sequence of observations, e.g states is the set of hidden states start_p is the start probability trans_p are the transition probabilities and emit_p are the emission probabilities ...
Forward–backward Algorithm - Python Example
... of observations, e.g states is the set of hidden states a_0 is the start probability a are the transition probabilities and e are the emission probabilities ...

Famous quotes containing the words probability and/or start:

    Liberty is a blessing so inestimable, that, wherever there appears any probability of recovering it, a nation may willingly run many hazards, and ought not even to repine at the greatest effusion of blood or dissipation of treasure.
    David Hume (1711–1776)

    When the typewriter stops in a New York office everybody’s embarrassed; men start to quarrel or to make love to the stenographer or drop lighted cigarettes in the wastebasket.
    John Dos Passos (1896–1970)