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Definition of Maximizer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maximizer
Literary usage of Maximizer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Change-Point Problems by Edward G. Carlstein, Hans-Georg Müller, David Siegmund (1994)
"... so that O is the unique maximizer of {t(l - <)}1/2p(<). ... has its unique
maximizer at 9, which leads to the consideration of the maximizer (minimizer) ..."
2. Game Theory, Optimal Stopping, Probability and Statistics: Papers in Honor by Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, F. Thomas Bruss, Lucien Marie Le Cam (2000)
"Theorem 4: The function t has a finite maximizer if and only if Ad = 0. Proof:
If Ad = 0, Ri = {j : j > i} and hence t = td which has a finite maximizer by ..."
3. Time Series and Related Topics by Ching-Zong Wei, Hwai-Chung Ho, Ching-Kang Ing, Tze Leung Lai (2006)
"Now if 0{nE) denotes the local maximum of the exact likelihood, or alternatively
the maximizer of [/*(/?) that is closest to 0, ..."
4. Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy And Effects by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... usually the maximizer 4+' (or a relaxed one [13]) of the function ço(uk , t) E
... Its analytic center uk is defined to be the maximizer of the ..."
5. Selected Proceedings of the Symposium on Estimating Functions by Ishwar V. Basawa, V. P. Godambe, Robert Lee Taylor (1997)
"... if f(0,Y) converges in probability to Ef(0,Y) uniformly in 0, then the maximizer
of f(0,Y) will be a consistent estimator of the maximizer of Ef(0,Y). ..."
6. The Essence of Stigler by George Joseph Stigler, Kurt R. Leube, Thomas Gale Moore (1986)
"Man is eternally a utility maximizer, in his home, in his office—be it public or
private—in his church, in his scientific work, in short, everywhere. ..."
7. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"There are two separate uses here. The first is use as what Quirk et al. 1985 terms
a “maximizer”—it indicates the greatest degree of something. ..."
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