Ray Solomonoff ( July 25 , 1926 -- December 7 , 2009 ) was the inventor of algorithmic probability , his General Theory of Inductive Inference ( also known as Universal Inductive Inference ) .
Was a founder of algorithmic information theory .
Ray Solomonoff ( July 25 , 1926 -- December 7 , 2009 ) was the inventor of algorithmic probability , his General Theory of Inductive Inference ( also known as Universal Inductive Inference ) , and was a founder of algorithmic information theory .