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Maximum-entropy from the probability calculus: exchangeability, sufficiency

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  • Porta Mana, PierGianLuca

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

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Maximum-entropy distributions are shown to appear in the probability calculus as approximations of a model by exchangeability or a model by sufficiency, the former model being preferable. The implications of this fact are discussed, together with other questions: Prediction or retrodiction? How good is the maximum-entropy approximation? Is this a "derivation" of maximum-entropy?

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  • Porta Mana, PierGianLuca, 2017. "Maximum-entropy from the probability calculus: exchangeability, sufficiency," OSF Preprints xdy72, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:xdy72
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/xdy72
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    1. Porta Mana, PierGianLuca, 2009. "On the relation between plausibility logic and the maximum-entropy principle: a numerical study," OSF Preprints fejvm, Center for Open Science.
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    1. Porta Mana, PierGianLuca, 2017. "Geometry of maximum-entropy proofs: stationary points, convexity, Legendre transforms, exponential families," OSF Preprints vsq5n, Center for Open Science.

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