The method of maximum entropy

Author(s)

• Gzyl, Henryk

Bibliographic Information

The method of maximum entropy

Henryk Gzyl

（Series on advances in mathematics for applied sciences, v. 29）

World Scientific, c1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

• 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.

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Details

• NCID: BA24796156
• ISBN:
  • 9810218125
• LCCN: 94023122
• Country Code: si
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 146 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q370
  • DC20 : 511/.42
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Maximum entropy method
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA11334635