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Obsolete spelling of absolute [Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.]
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(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
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(mathematics, dated) Less than another specified integer, but not dividing it into integral parts.
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(mathematics) A maximum that has changed sign, caused by certain values of parameters.
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(mathematics) The solution to function, series, etc. that is to be approximated.
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(mathematics, of a function) Having two maxima
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(probability theory) An event that contains all of the possible outcomes and thus is known a priori to be certain to occur;
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(mathematics) In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
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(mathematics, of sets) Having the same or comparable measures
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(mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
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(countable, mathematics) An inclusion.
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(mathematics) That can be convolved.
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(mathematics, economics) A solution to a minimization or maximization problem where an interior solution is infeasible.
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(transitive, mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
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(arithmetic) The property of being divisible by a particular integer.
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(mathematics, logic) Having equal probability, such as any number from 1 to 6 being the equiprobable outcome of the fair toss of fair dice.
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(mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
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(computing) A variant of expectiminimax
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A form of minimax extended to incorporate probabilities.
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(mathematics) Relating to extrema (maximal or minimal)
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(mathematics) The maximum or minimum of a function.
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(mathematics) A function that returns an extremum.
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(mathematics) A point, or value, which is a maximum or a minimum.
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(mathematics) The condition of being factorable.
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(mathematics) Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
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(mathematics) A particular optimization method, prescribing that a function that maps a set of inputs to a set of outputs should maximize the average mutual information between the two sets, subject to constraints.
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(mathematics) Clipping of limit superior. [The supremum of the set of accumulation points of a given sequence or set.]
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An extreme or marginal instance of a phenomenon, in which the key variable quality or value is at the minimum or maximum extent of its possible variation.
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The supremum of the set of accumulation points of a given sequence or set.
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(statistics) A nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that the probability that a randomly selected value from one population is less than a randomly selected value from a second population is equal to the probability of being greater. It can be used to investigate whether two independent samples were selected from populations having the same distribution.
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The fairness achieved by an allocation if and only if the allocation is feasible and an attempt to increase the allocation of any participant necessarily results in the decrease in the allocation of some other participant with an equal or smaller allocation.
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(statistics) maximum entropy
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In decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
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(statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
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The maximum value of a set of minima
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In decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.
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(economics, computer science, decision theory) A strategy or algorithm that seeks to minimize the minimum possible result.
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(statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
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Alternative form of minimax [In decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.]
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(mathematics, of a function) always decreasing or remaining constant, and never increasing; contrast this with strictly decreasing
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(probability theory, machine learning) An algorithm that allocates a fixed limited set of resources between competing alternative choices so as to maximize the expected gain, when each choice's properties are only partially known at the time of allocation, and may become better understood as time passes or allocations are made.
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(mathematics) The problem of finding the "best" solution from all feasible solutions, given constraints defining which of the solutions are feasible, and a goal function defining which of the feasible solutions is the best one.
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(game theory) A mathematical function describing the award given to a single player at the outcome of a game.
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(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.
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(mathematics, stochastic processes) the quality of being positive recurrent.
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(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) recurrent with finite expected return time.
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(mathematics) Prior to a maximum
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(mathematics) The condition of being premaximal
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A number selected based on a uniform distribution, typically using a suitable generator (for example, rolling a die).
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(mathematics) A stochastic path consisting of a series of sequential movements, the direction (and sometime length) of which is chosen at random
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(mathematics, of an integer) Divisible by the count of its divisors.
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(mathematics) finite sets of equations whose common solutions are sought
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(mathematics) In an optimization problem, a variable added to an inequality constraint to transform it into an equality.
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(statistics) Of a random process X(t), having characteristics that do not change as t varies.
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(mathematics) A point or value below a minimum.
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(mathematics) numerically more than a maximum or minimum
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(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a supremum
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(mathematics, physics) Determined by the value of a variable representing time.
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(mathematics, of a function) Having three maxima
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