mathematical expectation
noun
1.
Mathematics.
the product of the probability of the occurrence of an event and the value associated with the occurrence of a given event.
2.
Statistics.
the summation or integration, over all values of a variate, of the product of the variate and its probability or its probability density.
Also called
expectation
,
expected value
.
Origin
1830-40
British Dictionary definitions for
mathematical expectation
mathematical expectation
noun
1.
(
statistics
)
another name for
expected value