4 ms·The Bayesian formulation for the likelihood function would make this squared error explicitly clear.by j7ake 10y agoThe Bayesian formulation for the likelihood function would make this squared error explicitly clear.stared 10y agoFor Gaussian uncertainty. Which still makes it a much more natural assumption than any other I know.klodolph 10y agoBayesian formulations are not necessary, the Gaussian is the maximum entropy distribution for known mean and squared error.