estimation Definition
es·ti·ma·tion (es′tə mā′s̸hən)
noun
- the act of estimating
- an estimate, opinion, or judgment
- esteem; regard
Etymology: ME estimacioun < OFr estimacion < L aestimatio
estimation Synonyms
estimation
n.
A personal estimate
opinion, appraisal, evaluation, view; see judgment 3.The act of making an estimate
calculating, estimating, predicting, reckoning; see calculation 1, estimate 1, guess.
estimation Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- probability: Frequency distribution, estimation of probabilities from sample frequencies.
- posterior: First, an estimation of global posteriors is formalized in the framework of hybrid HMM/ANN systems.
- parameter: Estimation of the model parameters will be studied in details.
- uncertainty: New methods have recently been described for the estimation of uncertainty in contaminated land investigations.
- magnitude: However, rating scales are not designed to capture opinions per se, but rather they are designed to capture estimations of magnitude.
Converse of object
pose: The results of the pose estimation were displayed using an extended matchstick model in MAVERIK.
Adjective modifier
- nonparametric: Prof. C.C. Taylor: classification, image analysis, statistical pattern recognition, bioinformatics, nonparametric density estimation, spatial statistics.
- sequential: Work on sequential parameter estimation in neural networks has continued.
- quantitative: Quantitative estimation of rare adverse events which follow a biological progression: a new model applied to chronic NSAID use.
- accurate: Advice on aspirin for primary prevention requires formal accurate estimation of absolute coronary event risk.
- optimal: This project involved optimal estimation of vehicle static weight using sparse noisy data from a small spatial array of pressure sensors.
- simultaneous: One of the classic problems of robustness theory involves the simultaneous estimation of location and scatter from a set of multivariate data.
Modifies a noun
- algorithm: Subsequently he joined Philips Research where he worked on motion estimation algorithms in video streams.
- technique: A number of the policies require the Company to use a variety of estimation techniques.
Noun used with modifier
- likelihood: Maximum likelihood estimation of trigrams is straightforward ( count!
- parameter: Wednesday 2pm, 3rd May, 2006 Title: Parameter Estimation of Non Linear Pathway Models.
- time-lapse: In human healthy volunteers, low doses of the extracts administered in a double-blind design against placebo increased reaction time end time-lapse estimation.
- magnitude: A definition of the loudness of tones can be constructed from the results of experiments such as loudness ' magnitude estimation ' .
- biomass: An assessment of the utility of an acoustic Doppler current profiler for biomass estimation.
- variance: Note that the population intraclass correlation can be estimated using variance component estimation methods.
Browse dictionary entries near estimation
- ‹ estimating
- ‹ estimated
- ‹ estimate
- ‹ estimable
- ‹ Esthonia
- ‹ esthetics
- ‹ estheticism
- ‹ esthetician
- ‹ esthetic
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