AI engineering glossary · Probability
What is Monty Hall problem?
Monty Hall problem: A famous puzzle in conditional probability: after a contestant picks one of three doors and the host opens another door that has no prize, switching wins with probability 2/3 while staying wins with 1/3. It shows how new information changes probabilities.
Monty Hall problem: an example
Simulating 10,000 games shows switching wins about 6,667 times and staying about 3,333.
Related terms
More Probability terms
- Multiplication rule
- Mutually exclusive events
- Normal distribution
- Outcome
- Partition
- Percentile
- Permutation
- Poisson distribution
Where you learn it
Monty Hall problem is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.