Likelihood Function

A likelihood function  is the probability or probability density for the occurrence of a sample configuration , ...,  given that the probability density  with parameter  is known,

(Harris and Stocker 1998, p. 824).

REFERENCES:

Harris, J. W. and Stocker, H. Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998.

Hoel, P. G. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, p. 57, 1962.