AIC (Akaike Information Criterion) and BIC (Bayesian Information Criterion) are statistical methods used for model selection. They help in identifying the best-fitting model among a set of candidates while penalizing for model complexity, thus preventing overfitting. AIC focuses on the trade-off between goodness-of-fit and the number of parameters, whereas BIC adds a stronger penalty for more parameters, making it more conservative in model selection.
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