Method Of Maximum Entropy, The
Will be published approx. on 1. March 1995
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-981-02-1812-6 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph is an outgrowth of a set of lecture notes on the maximum entropy method delivered at the 1st Venezuelan School of Mathematics. This yearly event aims at acquainting graduate students and university teachers with the trends, techniques and open problems of current interest. In this book the author reviews several versions of the maximum entropy method and makes its underlying philosophy clear.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
ISBN-13
978-981-02-1812-6 (9789810218126)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Basic concepts from probability theory; equilibrium distributions in statistical mechanics; some heuristics; entropy functionals; the method of maximum entropy; applications and extensions; entropy and large deviations; maximum entropy and conditional probabilities; maximum entropy and statistics.