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What is `noise_var` in documentation?

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https://juliagaussianprocesses.github.io/AbstractGPs.jl/dev/examples/0-intro-1d/

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We create a finite dimensional projection at the inputs of the training dataset observed under Gaussian noise with variance noise_var=0.1

Is it the same thing as alpha in https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.gaussian_process.GaussianProcessRegressor.html#sklearn.gaussian_process.GaussianProcessRegressor

which is the σ_n^2 in literature? https://gaussianprocess.org/gpml/chapters/RW.pdf#page=37

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Start with the linked AbstractGPs.jl introductory example and compare its noise_var wording with scikit-learn's GaussianProcessRegressor documentation and the cited GPML passage. Done means the documentation clearly explains whether noise_var, alpha, and σ_n² refer to the same quantity.

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julia, scikit-learn
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documentation, machine-learning
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