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Max-entropy

Max-Entropy is a principle in information theory that identifies the probability distribution with the greatest entropy among all distributions satisfying given constraints, thereby representing maximal uncertainty consistent with available information.

698

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1.1K

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Maximum Entropy

Parents

Publications

698

Information theory and statistics

Journal of the Franklin Institute · 1959 · 7.2K citations

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On the rationale of maximum-entropy methods

E. T. Jaynes · Proceedings of the IEEE · 1982 · 1.7K citations

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Information Theory and Statistics.

Meyer Dwass, S. Kullback · American Mathematical Monthly · 1960 · 1.5K citations

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Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory.

J. Laurie Snell, Aleksandr I︠A︡kovlevich Khinchin, Ray Silverman et al. · American Mathematical Monthly · 1959 · 1.5K citations

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Algorithmic Information Theory

Gregory J. Chaitin · IBM Journal of Research and Development · 1977 · 1K citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. AT
    Aldo Tagliani

    University of Trento, Italy

    9 publications · 216 citations

    9

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  2. RR
    Renato Renner

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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  3. AG
    Amos Golan

    American University, United States

    5 publications · 250 citations

    5

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  4. SK
    S. Kullback

    George Washington University, United States

    5 publications · 2.8K citations

    5

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  5. GJ
    George J. Klir

    Binghamton University, United States

    5 publications · 242 citations

    5

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Institutions

619

  1. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    14 h-index

    22 publications

    807 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    541 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    829 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    921 citations

  7. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    621 citations

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  1. 17

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  2. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

    18 publications · 2.2K citations

    16

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  3. Entropy

    21 publications · 843 citations

    15

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  4. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 17 publications · 848 citations

    14

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  5. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

    12 publications · 577 citations

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