Leonard E. Baum

A Maximization Technique Occurring in the Statistical Analysis of Probabilistic Functions of Markov Chains

Leonard E. Baum, Ted Petrie, George Soules · The Annals of Mathematical Statistics · 1970 · 4.3K citations · Full text

Mathematical Programming, Markov Chains, Engineering +10

Statistical Inference for Probabilistic Functions of Finite State Markov Chains

Leonard E. Baum, Ted Petrie · The Annals of Mathematical Statistics · 1966 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Engineering, Probabilistic System, Hidden Markov Model +8

An inequality and associated maximization technique in statistical estimation of probabilistic functions of a Markov process

Leonard E. Baum · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1972 · 1.4K citations

Engineering, Stochastic Optimization, Associated Maximization Technique +9

An inequality with applications to statistical estimation for probabilistic functions of Markov processes and to a model for ecology

Leonard E. Baum, J. A. Eagon · Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society · 1967 · 1K citations · Full text

Engineering, Gibbs Measure, Markov Processes +9

Convergence rates in the law of large numbers

Leonard E. Baum, Melvin Katz · Transactions of the American Mathematical Society · 1965 · 599 citations · Full text