Likelihood Function

b\mapsto P(A \mid B=b), \!

and also any other function proportional to such a function.
That is, the likelihood function for ''B'' is the Equivalence Class of functions

:

L(b \mid A) = \alpha \; P(A \mid B=b) \!

for any constant of proportionality

\alpha > 0

	CATEGORIES ABOUT LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION

	estimation theory

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