The phrase "a prior update" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an update that occurred before the current point in time or before another update.
Example: "Please refer to a prior update for the details on the project's progress."
Alternatives: "a previous update" or "an earlier update".
It was simply a minor technical correction of the prior update, resulting in a $1 revision downward.
Update: A notice on Mt.Gox's Facebook page, posted several hours after the prior update, confirms the planned network downtime maintenance has been completed.
At time step t, a measurement z t becomes available, and this may be used to update the prior (update stage) via Bayes' rule p ( x t ∣ z t ) = p ( z t ∣ x t ) p ( x t ∣ z t - 1 ) p ( z t ∣ z t - 1 ) (2).
The prior update (35) stays the same.
For each component, the standard deviation update (Eq. 22) and the prior update (Eq. 23) require 2 and 1 additional integral images, respectively.
One can use new data to update a prior model so that posterior parameters can be estimated (Raftery 1993; Lee 2007; Kaplan and Depaoli 2012).
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Eleven systematic review topics had both a prior report and an update completed within our data collection window.
We propose use of Bayesian ideas as a philosophical guide (as proposed by Howson and Urbach) [ 12] rather than a mathematical method to update a prior probability density.
We will update a prior decision analytic model examining prophylactic LMWH in pregnant women with a history of prior VTE [ 87], using each women's visual analog scale utility assessments for the relevant outcomes of DVT in pregnancy, PE in pregnancy, obstetrical hemorrhage and the burden of LWMH prophylaxis in pregnancy.
