Bias
Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000430
With respect to the uniform distribution on [0,n-1], the bias is defined to be the maximum value of {probability(S) - ((|S|)/(n))} taken over all subsets S of [0,n-1]. This measures the maximum advantage that an adversary has in predicting any event.
| Identifier | MLC-T-CYB-000430 |
|---|---|
| Field | Cybersecurity |
| References | FIPS 186-5; NIST CSRC Glossary |
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