Akaike information criterion

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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
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