... Archives . ... The full description is given http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/ahelp/bayes.html about ?bayes? under sherpa/ciao [ 1 ] . ... A Bayesian maximum likelihood function. Maximum likelihood function is common for both Bayesian and frequentist methods. ... using Bayes? ... If the background is not constant, the Bayes . ... I think you are right to be bothered, because the documentation is misleading. ?bayes? does not implement a ?Bayesian maximum likelihood function.? ... Chandra Blog . ...