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On empirical meaning of randomness with respect to a real parameter

Abstract

We study the empirical meaning of randomness with respect to a family of probability distributions PθP_\theta, where θ\theta is a real parameter, using algorithmic randomness theory. In the case when for a computable probability distribution PθP_\theta an effectively strongly consistent estimate exists, we show that the Levin's a priory semicomputable semimeasure of the set of all PθP_\theta-random sequences is positive if and only if the parameter θ\theta is a computable real number. The different methods for generating ``meaningful'' PθP_\theta-random sequences with noncomputable θ\theta are discussed.

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