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elicitability

elicitability noun: the condition of being elicitable.

Noun

elicitability (countable and uncountable, plural elicitabilities)

  1. The condition of being elicitable
    • Expectile, first introduced by Newey and Powell (1987) in the econometrics literature, has recently become increasingly popular in risk management and capital allocation for financial institutions due to its desirable properties such as coherence and elicitability.2015, Yi Yang, Teng Zhang, Hui Zou, “Flexible Expectile Regression in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space”, in arXiv

Forms of elicitability

pluralelicitabilities

Origin of elicitability

From elicit + -ability.

Questions about elicitability

What does elicitability mean?
Elicitability means the condition of being elicitable.
What part of speech is elicitability?
Elicitability is a noun.
What is the plural of elicitability?
The plural of elicitability is elicitabilities.

Words near elicitability in the dictionary

  1. eliasites
  2. Eliason
  3. Eliasons
  4. eliche
  5. elicit
  6. elicitability
  7. elicitable
  8. elicitate
  9. elicitated
  10. elicitates
  11. elicitating

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