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Plural of estimator

regular plural

The plural of estimator is estimators.

Forms of estimator

Singularestimator /ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪ.tə/
Pluralestimators
Countablecountable

Estimators in a sentence

  • Based on incomplete data, estimators for bandable and sparse covariance matrices are proposed and their theoretical and numerical properties are investigated.2016, T. Tony Cai, Anru Zhang, “Minimax Rate-optimal Estimation of High-dimensional Covariance Matrices with Incomplete Data”, in arXiv. From the entry bandable
  • When we encounter estimation problems in the linear regression and autogressive models, this package provides more efficient estimators than other R packages.2016, Jiwoong Kim, “KoulMde: An R Package for Koul's Minimum Distance Estimation”, in arXiv. From the entry autogressive
  • Minimax rates of convergence are established under the spectral norm loss and the proposed estimators are shown to be rate-optimal under mild regularity conditions.2016, T. Tony Cai, Anru Zhang, “Minimax Rate-optimal Estimation of High-dimensional Covariance Matrices with Incomplete Data”, in arXiv. From the entry bandable
  • In this work, we mostly focus on an inpainting algorithm that was introduced in recent CMB analyses to cure cut-sky suboptimalities of bispectrum estimators.2015, H. F. Gruetjen, J. R. Fergusson, M. Liguori, E. P. S. Shellard, “Using inpainting to construct accurate cut-sky CMB estimators”, in…. From the entry suboptimalities

Meaning of estimator

  1. noun A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs.
  2. noun A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population.

Full definition of estimator

Questions about the plural of estimator

What is the plural of estimator?
The plural of estimator is estimators.
Is estimator countable?
Estimator is a countable noun.

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