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Given a data set and a (generally infinite) set
of models, the problem of finding the `best'
model in the set to describe the data arises.
This is known as point or parameter
estimation in
the literature. It is not a very well posed problem,
as the term
`best' is not defined, and there are several possible
meanings it might have. In the next sections
we look at the best known contenders for `best'
models.
Mike Alder
9/19/1997