Elicitation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of eliciting. countable, uncountable

    "The exact interpretation of these hyperparameters becomes clearer once you have seen their role in the posterior and, hence, we defer a deeper discussion of prior elicitation until the next section."

  2. 2
    stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that is elicited. countable, uncountable

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evocationevocationinduction

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"The exact interpretation of these hyperparameters becomes clearer once you have seen their role in the posterior and, hence, we defer a deeper discussion of prior elicitation until the next section."

Etymology

From elicit + -ation.

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