DocumentCode
2607581
Title
Maximum entropy and applications to some classical discrete distributions
Author
Topsoe, Flemming
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math., Copenhagen Univ., Denmark
fYear
2002
fDate
20-25 Oct. 2002
Firstpage
104
Lastpage
107
Abstract
The game which can be taken to lie behind the maximum entropy principle is studied. Refining previous techniques, new theoretical results are obtained. These results are illustrated by concrete examples pertaining to well known classical models.
Keywords
Poisson distribution; binomial distribution; information theory; maximum entropy methods; probability; Poisson distribution; binomial distribution; classical discrete distributions; empirical distribution; geometric distribution; information divergence; maximum entropy principle; multinomial distribution; probability distributions; Concrete; Convergence; Distributed computing; Entropy; Joining processes; Mathematics; Permission; Terminology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Theory Workshop, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7629-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ITW.2002.1115428
Filename
1115428
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