Bayesian information criterion; BIC
A model selection criterion used in statistics; penalizes model complexity to avoid overfitting. Often compared with AIC.
We used the Bayesian information criterion for model selection.
BICはベイズ情報量基準の略称です。
BIC is an abbreviation for Bayesian information criterion.
AIC (Akaike information criterion) is another model selection criterion that penalizes complexity less heavily than BIC.
From English 'Bayesian information criterion', a term coined in statistics.