Parameter — For other uses, see Parameter (disambiguation). Parameter from Ancient Greek παρά also “para” meaning “beside, subsidiary” and μέτρον also “metron” meaning “measure”, can be interpreted in mathematics, logic, linguistics, environmental science[1] … Wikipedia
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Maximum likelihood — In statistics, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model. When applied to a data set and given a statistical model, maximum likelihood estimation provides estimates for the model s… … Wikipedia
Bayes estimator — In decision theory and estimation theory, a Bayes estimator is an estimator or decision rule that maximizes the posterior expected value of a utility function or minimizes the posterior expected value of a loss function (also called posterior… … Wikipedia
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Maximum spacing estimation — The maximum spacing method tries to find a distribution function such that the spacings, D(i), are all approximately of the same length. This is done by maximizing their geometric mean. In statistics, maximum spacing estimation (MSE or MSP), or… … Wikipedia
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Compound probability distribution — In probability theory, a compound probability distribution is the probability distribution that results from assuming that a random variable is distributed according to some parametrized distribution F with an unknown parameter θ that is… … Wikipedia