The principle of maximum entropy states that the probability distribution which best represents the current state of knowledge about a system is the one...
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the principle of maximum entropy, if nothing is known about a distribution except that it belongs to a certain class (usually defined in terms of specified...
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in Shannon information theory, Bayesian probability, and the principle of maximum entropy. These techniques are relevant to any situation requiring prediction...
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state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty. Maximum entropy thermodynamics Maximum entropy spectral estimation Principle of maximum entropy Maximum entropy...
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Cost–benefit analysis (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
distribution to represent the sources of uncertainty? One popular method is to make use of the principle of maximum entropy, which states that the distribution...
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namely the principle of transformation groups as in the Jeffreys prior, and the principle of maximum entropy. More generally, one speaks of uninformative...
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Info-metrics Negentropy (negative entropy) Phase space Principle of maximum entropy Residual entropy Standard molar entropy Thermodynamic potential The overdots...
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The principle of maximum caliber (MaxCal) or maximum path entropy principle, suggested by E. T. Jaynes, can be considered as a generalization of the principle...
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the principle of maximum entropy or the principle of least action, it is true on mathematical grounds. To attempt to falsify the free energy principle is...
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the principle of maximum entropy from discrete to continuous distributions, for which Shannon entropy ceases to be so useful (see differential entropy),...
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Maximum entropy spectral estimation is a method of spectral density estimation. The goal is to improve the spectral quality based on the principle of...
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system. To restate: The maximum entropy principle: For a closed system with fixed internal energy (i.e. an isolated system), the entropy is maximized at equilibrium...
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Maximum-entropy random graph models are random graph models used to study complex networks subject to the principle of maximum entropy under a set of...
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accordingly to the principle of maximum entropy, which says that the probability distribution which best represents the current state of knowledge is the...
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes (category Philosophers of probability)
construction of logical principles for assigning prior probability distributions; see the principle of maximum entropy, the principle of maximum caliber,...
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Energy (redirect from Forms of energy)
behavior are still debatable. One of the guiding principles for these systems is the principle of maximum entropy production. It states that nonequilibrium...
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Jaynes, based mainly on the consequences of symmetries and on the principle of maximum entropy. As an example of an a priori prior, due to Jaynes (2003)...
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definition of entropy production, different from Paltridge's, to investigate a more abstract way to check the principle of maximum entropy production...
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Molecular chaos (category Philosophy of thermal and statistical physics)
a heuristic hypothesis. This interpretation allows using the principle of maximum entropy in order to generalize the ansatz to higher-order distribution...
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joint entropy Kullback–Leibler divergence lossless compression negentropy noisy-channel coding theorem (Shannon's theorem) principle of maximum entropy quantum...
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Action (physics) (redirect from Action principle)
(physics) Noether's theorem Path integral formulation Principle of least action Principle of maximum entropy Some actions: Nambu–Goto action Polyakov action...
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be used to split the nodes of the tree optimally. Bayesian inference models often apply the principle of maximum entropy to obtain prior probability...
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conjectures that the maximum entropy in any region scales with the radius squared, rather than cubed as might be expected. In the case of a black hole, the...
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concept of entropy. Berthelot independently enunciated a generalization (commonly known as Berthelot's Third Principle, or Principle of Maximum Work),...
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claimed to be part of Bayesian statistics is the maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate of an unknown quantity, that equals the mode of the posterior density...
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Likelihood function (section Products of likelihoods)
Likelihood-ratio test Likelihoodist statistics Maximum likelihood estimation Principle of maximum entropy Pseudolikelihood Score (statistics) See Exponential...
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evidence. This is the basis for the widely used method of maximum likelihood. The likelihood principle was first identified by that name in print in 1962...
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Bayesian inference (redirect from Applications of Bayesian inference)
energy principle Inductive probability Information field theory Principle of maximum entropy Probabilistic causation Probabilistic programming "Bayesian"...
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Structure Modeling of Multi-Principal-Element Alloys by the Principle of Maximum Entropy". Entropy. 15 (12): 5536–5548. Bibcode:2013Entrp..15.5536W. doi:10...
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E.T. Jaynes, 1988, "The evolution of Carnot's principle," in G. J. Erickson and C. R. Smith (eds.)Maximum-Entropy and Bayesian Methods in Science and...
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