plausibility measure
nounUK /ˌplɔːzəˈbɪləti ˈmeʒə/
US /ˌplɔːzəˈbɪləti ˈmeʒər/
A way to tell how likely something is to be true.
The detective used a plausibility measure to decide which story was most believable.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A formal rule in logic and AI for ranking how believable statements are.
The expert system assigns each hypothesis a plausibility measure before making a diagnosis.
3. A numerical value showing how much a claim fits the available evidence.
Researchers computed a plausibility measure for each climate scenario.
4. A method for comparing competing explanations by how reasonable they seem.
Historians applied a plausibility measure to weigh the rival accounts of the event.