What is the question that MaxEnt answers? A probabilistic interpretation

From MaRDI portal
Publication:6468449

DOI10.1063/1.1381873arXivmath-ph/0009020MaRDI QIDQ6468449FDOQ6468449


Authors: M. Grendár Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 13 September 2000

Abstract: The Boltzmann-Wallis-Jaynes' multiplicity argument is taken up and elaborated. MaxEnt is proved and demonstrated to be just an asymptotic case of looking for such a vector of absolute frequencies in a feasible set, which has maximal probability of being generated by a uniform prior generator/pmf.













This page was built for publication: What is the question that MaxEnt answers? A probabilistic interpretation

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6468449)