how can one determine dat AIC values differ significantly?

From: Ad de Jong (a.d.jong_at_tm.tue.nl)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:38:29 +0000 (UTC)

I am comparing the fit of non-nested models.

One appropriate criterion is the Akaike Information Criterion.

My question is: how can one determine that AIC values differ
significantly?

For example,is there a method to assess that e.g. AIC of Model 1 is
significantly different to AIC of Model 2?

Kind regards,

Dr. Ad de Jong
Department of Organisation Science & Marketing
Eindhoven University of Technology
Faculty of Technology Management
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