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Probability distributions and maximum entropy (2005)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Conrad, Keith |
| Abstract | If we want to assign probabilities to an event, and see no reason for one outcome to occur more often than any other, then the events are assigned equal probabilities. This is called the principle of insufficient reason, or principle of indifference, and goes back to Laplace. If we happen to know (or learn) something about the non-uniformity of the outcomes, how |
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| Publisher Date | 2005-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Probability Distribution Maximum Entropy Insufficient Reason Equal Probability |
| Content Type | Text |
