Publication detail

Statistical Properties of Discrete Probability Distributions with Maximum Entropy

KARPÍŠEK, Z.

Czech title

Statistické vlastnosti diskrétních rozdělení pravděpodobnosti s maximální entropií

English title

Statistical Properties of Discrete Probability Distributions with Maximum Entropy

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

The paper is concerned with the solution of and statistical problem of finding discrete probability distributions conforming to the requirement of maximum entropy under conditions given by estimates of their general moments from the observed relative frequencies. It is shown that the distributions derived are of an exponential type with maximum likelihood estimations of parameters that are also estimations by and modified chi-squared method. Basic properties of these estimations are described and the results are illustrated by examples.

Czech abstract

Článek je zaměřen na řešení statistického problému nalezení diskrétního rozdělení pravděpodobnosti s maximální entropií za podmínek daných odhady jeho obecných momentů z pozorovaných relativních četností. Je ukázáno, že toto rozdělení je exponenciálního typu s maximálně věrohodnými odhady parametrů a také modifikovanou chí kvadrát metodou. Jsou popsány základní vlastnosti těchto odhadů a výsledky jsou ilustrovány na příkladech.

English abstract

The paper is concerned with the solution of and statistical problem of finding discrete probability distributions conforming to the requirement of maximum entropy under conditions given by estimates of their general moments from the observed relative frequencies. It is shown that the distributions derived are of an exponential type with maximum likelihood estimations of parameters that are also estimations by and modified chi-squared method. Basic properties of these estimations are described and the results are illustrated by examples.

Keywords in English

maximum entropy, moment conditions, maximum likelihood estimate

RIV year

2001

Released

01.01.2001

Publisher

Masaryk University Brno

Location

Masaryk University, Brno

ISBN

80-210-2544-1

Book

Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Univesitatis Masarykinae Brunensis

Edition number

1

Pages count

12

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT3837,
  author="Zdeněk {Karpíšek},
  title="Statistical Properties of Discrete Probability Distributions with Maximum Entropy",
  booktitle="Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Univesitatis Masarykinae Brunensis",
  year="2001",
  month="January",
  publisher="Masaryk University Brno",
  address="Masaryk University, Brno",
  isbn="80-210-2544-1"
}