A Note of Caution on Maximizing Entropy
The Principle of Maximum Entropy is often used to update probabilities due to evidence instead of performing Bayesian updating using Bayes’ Theorem, and its use often has efficacious results. However, in some circumstances the results seem unacceptable and unintuitive. This paper discusses some of t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/7/4004 |