maximum likelihood estimation

American  

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.

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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