maximum likelihood estimation

noun

, Statistics.

1. a method of estimating population characteristics from a sample by choosing the values of the parameters that will maximize the probability of getting the particular sample actually obtained from the population.

Example Sentences

The first two parameters are extracted from an maximum likelihood estimation using all measured frequency shifts with spin-flip drive in the analysis trap during the measurement sequence.

From Nature

In our analysis procedure, we determine from a direct maximum likelihood estimation based on the frequency ratios Γk and the preceding and subsequent series of axial frequency shifts and , respectively.

From Nature

It has been widely adopted where fully specifying and solving a model of a complex economic environment makes maximum likelihood estimation unwieldy.

From Chicago Tribune