English edit

Etymology edit

change +‎ point

Noun edit

changepoint (plural changepoints)

  1. (statistics) The point at which the probability distribution of a stochastic process or time series changes.
    • 2015, Yingbo Li, Robert Lund, Hewa A. Priyadarshani, “Bayesian Minimal Description Lengths for Multiple Changepoint Detection”, in arXiv[1]:
      This allows both documented and undocumented changepoints to be analyzed in tandem.