Title :
Dice, entropy, and likelihood
Author_Institution :
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We show that a famous die experiment used by E. T. Jaynes as intuitive justification of the need for maximum entropy (ME) estimation admits, in fact, of solutions by classical, Bayesian estimation. The Bayesian answers are the maximum probable (m.a.p.) and posterior mean solutions to the problem. These depart radically from the ME solution, and are also much more probable answers.
Keywords :
Bayesian methods; Computed tomography; Entropy; Optical sensors; Physics; Terminology;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1985.13369