AI engineering glossary · Probability
What is intersection of events?
Intersection of events: The event that all of the given events occur together, written A and B. It contains only the outcomes shared by every event. Its probability appears in conditional probability and in the multiplication rule.
Intersection of events: an example
With a die, the intersection of 'even' {2,4,6} and 'greater than 4' {5,6} is {6}, with probability 1/6.
Related terms
More Probability terms
- Inverse transform sampling
- Joint distribution
- Joint probability
- KL divergence
- Law of large numbers
- Law of total expectation
- Law of total probability
- Likelihood
Where you learn it
Intersection of events is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.