Dictionary Definition
logistic adj : of or relating to logistics;
"logistic requirements" [syn: logistical]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Relating to logistics
- Relating to symbolic logic
- Relating to the logistic function
Translations
- French: logistique
- Italian: logistico
Noun
- A logistic function or graph of a logistic curve.
Extensive Definition
- Logistics is the
management of resources and their distribution.
- Logistic engineering is the scientific study of logistics.
- Military logistics is the study of logistics at the service of military units and operations.
- The logistic
function is a sigmoid
function used in many fields.
- The logistic map is the discrete form of the logistic function.
- Logit, the inverse of the logistic function, is fundamental to logistic regression.
- In probability theory and statistics, the logistic distribution is a continuous probability distribution.
- In the history of symbolic logic logistic is a systems method, or science of order, and associated with Leibniz's Characteristica Universalis.