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MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD [1 record]

Record 1 2006-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Statistical Methods
  • Management Operations (General)
DEF

An economic estimation technique which involves the maximization of the likelihood function of the sample observations with respect to the values of the parameters of the equation(s) being estimated; it chooses those values of the parameters which are "most likely" to have generated the sample observations.

OBS

maximum likelihood method: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

Méthode d'estimation des paramètres inconnus d'une distribution de probabilité qui consiste à rechercher les valeurs de ces paramètres qui maximisent la fonction de vraisemblance.

OBS

méthode de vraisemblance maximale : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Métodos estadísticos
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
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