Gibbs conditioning extended, Boltzmann conditioning introduced
Abstract
Conditional Equi-concentration of Types on I-projections (ICET) and Extended Gibbs Conditioning Principle (EGCP) provide an extension of Conditioned Weak Law of Large Numbers and of Gibbs Conditioning Principle to the case of non-unique Relative Entropy Maximizing (REM) distribution (aka I-projection). ICET and EGCP give a probabilistic justification to REM under rather general conditions. mu-projection variants of the results are introduced. They provide a probabilistic justification to Maximum Probability (MaxProb) method. 'REM/MaxEnt or MaxProb?' question is discussed, briefly. Jeffreys Conditioning Principle is mentioned.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0407009,
title = {Gibbs conditioning extended, Boltzmann conditioning introduced},
author = {Marian Grendar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0407009},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Three major changes: 1) Definition of proper I-projection has been changed. 2) An argument preceding Eq. (7) at the proof of ICET is now correctly stated. 3) Abstract was rewritten. To appear at Proceedings of MaxEnt 2004 workshop