Statistical inference, Occam's razor, and statistical mechanics on the space of probability distributions

作者: Vijay Balasubramanian

DOI: 10.1162/NECO.1997.9.2.349

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摘要: The task of parametric model selection is cast in terms of a statistical mechanics on the space of probability distributions. Using the techniques of low-temperature expansions, I arrive at …

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