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Akaike information criterion

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Etymology

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Named after the Japanese statistician Hirotsugu Akaike, who formulated the criterion.

Proper noun

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the Akaike information criterion

  1. An estimator of prediction error and thereby relative quality of statistical models for a given data set, founded on the principles of information theory.
    Synonym: (initialism) AIC