identifiability
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- noun
- /ˌaɪdɛntɪfɪˈaɪbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
- It is well known that two GMMs whose components differ cannot have identical probability densities (see Teicher, 14 for example); this is commonly referred to as identifiability.
- robust identifiability
Examples
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Demonstrating identifiability in a context of infinite data, clean measurements, etc. tells us nothing of relevance to the (finite, messy) problem at hand.
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For the purposes of learning with limited data, however, we require a significantly more robust form of identifiability.
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We also note that the degree tests are essential for producing unique identifiability of H at such a small value of k.
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This can similarly be related to the steep drop in transmitted information for height, and hence the identifiability of the height feature.
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The potential problem with this approach, which Pearson acknowledged, was the issue of robust identifiability.
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The data for the identifiability manipulation indicated that social loafing occurred in this study.
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A two-way ANOVA performed on the number of ideas generated by the subjects revealed two main effects for output identifiability and task involvement.
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To assess the identifiability manipulation, we asked the subjects whether they thought the experimenter had been able to distinguish between individual responses.
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We also examined the effect of identifiability of output and task involvement, two factors that have been shown to mediate social loafing in the United States.
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Researchers emphasized that identifiability is crucial for accurately interpreting the results of their statistical models.
Synonyms
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How easy it is to find out or know something
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How well you can tell what is happening inside a system from its outputs like logs
How easily a computer program can identify a pattern or information
How well a claim or idea can be proved from facts
Surface Forms
Morphology
identifiability = identifiable (transparent) = identify + able + ity
The noun is formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'identifiable', which itself is transparently formed from 'identify' + '-able'.
Etymology
The word identifiability comes from identify and identity, which trace back to Latin parts meaning 'same' (idem) and 'make' (facere), with -able meaning 'able to' and -ity meaning 'a quality'. So in statistics identifiability is the quality that lets you find each model parameter exactly from the data and not confuse them.