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sparsistency

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Let mathbf b be a vector and define the support operatorname supp( mathbf b)=i: mathbf bi≠0 where mathbf bi is the ith element of mathbf b. Let ̂mathbf b be an estimator for mathbf b. Then sparsistency is the property that the support of the estimator converges to the true support as the number of samples grows to infinity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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Blend of sparse + consistency.