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Likelihood decision functions [PDF]

Electronic Journal of Statistics, 2013
In both classical and Bayesian approaches, statistical inference is unified and generalized by the corresponding decision theory. This is not the case for the likelihood approach to statistical inference, in spite of the manifest success of the likelihood methods in statistics.
Cattaneo, Marco E. G. V.
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Prostate-specific antigen testing accuracy in community practice

BMC Family Practice, 2002
Background Most data on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing come from urologic cohorts comprised of volunteers for screening programs. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of PSA testing for detecting prostate cancer in community practice.
Adams-Cameron Meg, Gilliland Frank D, Hoffman Richard M, Hunt William C, Key Charles R   +4 more
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Machine learning of log-likelihood functions in global analysis of parton distributions

Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022
Modern analysis on parton distribution functions (PDFs) requires calculations of the log-likelihood functions from thousands of experimental data points, and scans of multi-dimensional parameter space with tens of degrees of freedom.
DianYu Liu, ChuanLe Sun, Jun Gao
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THE LIKELIHOOD EQUATION, CONSISTENCY AND THE MAXIMA OF THE LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION [PDF]

Annals of Eugenics, 1947
The articles published by the Annals of Eugenics (1925–1954) have been made available online as an historical archive intended for scholarly use. The work of eugenicists was often pervaded by prejudice against racial, ethnic and disabled groups. The online publication of this material for scholarly research purposes is not an endorsement of those views
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Likelihood for statistically equivalent models [PDF]

, 2009
In likelihood inference we usually assume that the model is fixed and then base inference on the corresponding likelihood function. Often, however, the choice of model is rather arbitrary, and there may be other models which fit the data equally well. We
Copas, John B., Shinto Eguchi, Eguchi, Shinto, John Copas   +3 more
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Transmission Potential of Rift Valley Fever Virus over the Course of the 2010 Epidemic in South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
A Rift Valley fever (RVF) epidemic affecting animals on domestic livestock farms was reported in South Africa during January–August 2010. The first cases occurred after heavy rainfall, and the virus subsequently spread countrywide.
Raphaëlle Métras, Marc Baguelin, W. John Edmunds, Peter N. Thompson, Alan Kemp, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Lisa M. Collins, Richard G. White   +7 more
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Model Selection for Discrete Dependent Variables: Better Statistics for Better Steaks

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2004
Little research has been conducted on evaluating out-of-sample forecasts of discrete dependent variables. This study describes the large and small sample properties of two forecast evaluation techniques for discrete dependent variables: receiver-operator
F. Bailey Norwood, Jayson L. Lusk, B. Wade Brorsen   +2 more
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Estimations of Modified Lindley Parameters Using Progressive Type-II Censoring with Applications

Axioms, 2023
This study addresses the estimation problems of the modified Lindley distribution using a progressive Type-II censoring plan. Using the maximum likelihood and maximum product of spacing and Bayesian estimation methods, the unknown parameter, reliability,
Refah Alotaibi, Mazen Nassar, Ahmed Elshahhat   +2 more
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Penalized Composite Likelihood Estimation for Spatial Generalized Linear Mixed Models [PDF]

Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
When discussing non-Gaussian spatially correlated variables, generalized linear mixed models have enough flexibility for modeling various data types. However, the maximum likelihood methods are plagued with substantial calculations for large data sets ...
Mohsen Mohammadzadeh, Leyla Salehi
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A New Numerical Algorithm of Three Parameter Generalized Extreme Value Distribution of Wind Speed [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Maximum likelihood estimation method is used to solve the problem of parameter estimation of three-parameter generalized extreme value distribution. Based on the theory of order reducing，a new numerical algorithm is presented to resolve the problem of ...
Tao Ye
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