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Exact maximum-entropy estimation with Feynman diagrams

Combinatorics 2023-03-14 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP Probability Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

A classical longstanding open problem in statistics is finding an explicit expression for the probability measure which maximizes entropy with respect to given constraints. In this paper a solution to this problem is found, using perturbative Feynman calculus. The explicit expression is given as a sum over weighted trees.

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@article{arxiv.1512.00752,
  title  = {Exact maximum-entropy estimation with Feynman diagrams},
  author = {Tomer M. Schlank and Ran J. Tessler and Amitai Netser Zernik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.00752},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

A few minor corrections

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