DocumentCode
976584
Title
Dice, entropy, and likelihood
Author
Frieden, B. Roy
Author_Institution
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Volume
73
Issue
12
fYear
1985
Firstpage
1764
Lastpage
1770
Abstract
We show that a famous die experiment used by E. T. Jaynes as intuitive justification of the need for maximum entropy (ME) estimation admits, in fact, of solutions by classical, Bayesian estimation. The Bayesian answers are the maximum probable (m.a.p.) and posterior mean solutions to the problem. These depart radically from the ME solution, and are also much more probable answers.
Keywords
Bayesian methods; Computed tomography; Entropy; Optical sensors; Physics; Terminology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1985.13369
Filename
1457637
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