What is the question that MaxEnt answers? A probabilistic interpretation
Mathematical Physics
2015-06-26 v1 math.MP
Probability
Statistics Theory
Statistics Theory
Abstract
The Boltzmann-Wallis-Jaynes' multiplicity argument is taken up and elaborated. MaxEnt is proved and demonstrated to be just an asymptotic case of looking for such a vector of absolute frequencies in a feasible set, which has maximal probability of being generated by a uniform prior generator/pmf.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0009020,
title = {What is the question that MaxEnt answers? A probabilistic interpretation},
author = {Marian Grendar and Marian Grendar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0009020},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Presented at 'MaxEnt 2000', CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, July 8-13, 2000