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argmax

argmax noun: the argument of the maximum: the set of points of a given argument for which a given function attains its maximum value.

Noun

argmax (plural argmaxes)

  1. The argument of the maximum: the set of points of a given argument for which a given function attains its maximum value.
    • We study an optimization strategy that directly uses a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate of the argmax of the function.2015, Zi Wang, Bolei Zhou, Stefanie Jegelka, “Optimization as Estimation with Gaussian Processes in Bandit Settings”, in arXiv

Forms of argmax

pluralargmaxes

Origin of argmax

Shortening.

Questions about argmax

What does argmax mean?
Argmax means the argument of the maximum: the set of points of a given argument for which a given function attains its maximum value.
What part of speech is argmax?
Argmax is a noun.
What is the plural of argmax?
The plural of argmax is argmaxes.

Words near argmax in the dictionary

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  6. argmax
  7. argmaxes
  8. Argnod
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