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Odiseas
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Arg Max operator

January 27th, 2004, 4:40 pm

Hello all.A brief question about an operator that i havenot seen before.I have found references in the literature of thefollowing form : arg max{Objective function}.From the context it appears that it might be the setof parameters that max the objective function.Is this indeed the case or there is a differentmeaninng?Thank you all in advance.
 
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Arg Max operator

January 28th, 2004, 3:29 pm

you're righteg argmax{-[(x - 1)^2} = 1