Remarks on the Maximum Entropy Principle with Application to the Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology
In the first part of the paper we work out the consequences of the fact that Jaynes’ Maximum Entropy Principle, when translated in mathematical terms, is a constrained extremum problem for an entropy function H ( p ) expressing the uncertainty associated with the probability distribution p....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/1/11 |