Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering

Download or read book Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering written by Rainer Fischer and published by A I P Press. This book was released on 2004-11-19 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All papers were peer reviewed. Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering provide a framework for analyzing ill-conditioned data. Maximum Entropy is a theoretical method to draw conclusions when little information is available. Bayesian probability theory provides a formalism for scientific reasoning by analyzing noisy or imcomplete data using prior knowledge.