maximum likelihood
maximum likelihood
nounDefinition of MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD
: a statistical method for estimating population parameters (as the mean and variance) from sample data that selects as estimates those parameter values maximizing the probability of obtaining the observed data
First Known Use of MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD
1922
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