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Is there a reference needed for the posterior probability equations to show a derivation based on Bayes' Theorem? I can't seem to find documentation on Wikipedia so an external reference may be valuable. JeffreyBeckman ( talk) 17:44, 2 October 2012 (UTC) reply

Here is a good explanation:

http://mathcrumbs.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/working-out-a-part-of-the-bayesian-search-theory-equation/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.38.12 ( talk) 08:01, 11 March 2014 (UTC) reply

I am pretty sure they used this methodology to search for MH370 that went down

unknown in the Indian Ocean.

-- 108.18.189.184 ( talk) 23:45, 11 April 2015 (UTC) reply