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Akaike: an information criterion for statistical model identification

Introduced an information-theoretic criterion for choosing among fitted statistical models, with AIC equal to minus twice the maximized log likelihood plus twice the number of independently adjusted parameters.

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Introduced an information-theoretic criterion for choosing among fitted statistical models, with AIC equal to minus twice the maximized log likelihood plus twice the number of independently adjusted parameters.

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The record is Akaike’s exact 1974 paper and its model-identification criterion. Earlier maximum-likelihood and information-theory work, later corrections and variants, and every use of AIC remain separate.

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Hirotugu Akaike

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Akaike: an information criterion for statistical model identification

Introduced an information-theoretic criterion for choosing among fitted statistical models, with AIC equal to minus twice the maximized log likelihood plus twice the number of independently adjusted parameters.

Scientific scope

The record is Akaike’s exact 1974 paper and its model-identification criterion. Earlier maximum-likelihood and information-theory work, later corrections and variants, and every use of AIC remain separate.

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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.

People and systems

Hirotugu Akaike

The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.

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