Let (X,B(X)) and (Y,B(Y)) be measurable spaces, and let P be a probability measure on X×Y. Disintegration is the process of finding: 1. A marginal probability measure μ∈P(X), 2. A Stochastic Kernel P(dy∣x)∈P(Y),
such that for any measurable function f:X×Y→R, ∫X×Yf(x,y)P(dx,dy)=∫X(∫Yf(x,y)P(dy∣x))μ(dx). this expresses the joint measure P(dx,dy) as an integral of conditionals against the marginal measure μ(dx).