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![HIROTUGU AKAIKE
(Received Oct. 15, 1977; revised Apr. 24, 1978)
Summary
By using a simple example a minimax type optimality of the minimum AIC procedure for the selection of models is demonstrated.
1. Introduction
Akaike [1] introduced an information criterion which is by definition
AIC = (-2) log (maximum likelihood) + 2(number of parameters)
as an estimate of minus twice the expected log likelihood of the model whose parameters are determined by the method of maximum likelihood.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tz2mbeciygifilnnojl5j7im/bafkreifbuv6xcv2xgwlzbuimlcd5v3f2avjykv73difqo5kdcniwzylcsi)
