尤ゆう度ど関かん数すう

noun

likelihood function

Technical term in statistics and probability theory; used in contexts such as maximum likelihood estimation.

• 最さい尤ゆう推すい定ていでは、尤ゆう度ど関かん数すうを最さい大だい化かするパラメータを求もとめる。

  In maximum likelihood estimation, we find the parameters that maximize the likelihood function.