Score function
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The term score function may refer to:
- Scoring ruleScoring ruleIn decision theory a score function, or scoring rule, is a measure of the performance of an entity, be it person or machine, that repeatedly makes decisions under uncertainty. For example, every evening a TV weather forecaster may give the probability of rain on the next day, in a type of...
, in decision theory, a measure of one's performance when making decisions under uncertainty - Score (statistics)Score (statistics)In statistics, the score, score function, efficient score or informant plays an important role in several aspects of inference...
, the derivative of the log-likelihood function with respect to the parameter