Comments on and correction to "Axiomatic derivation of the principle of maximum entropy and the principle of minimum cross-entropy" (Jan 80 26-37) [Corresp.]
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- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- Vol. 29 (6) , 942-943
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.1983.1056747
Abstract
An error in the subject paper is pointed out: when the axioms given there are restricted to the discrete case, they do not imply the discrete case of the principle of minimum cross-entropy. The principle is shown to follow, however, from the adoption of an additional axiom: if new information is consistent with a prior estimate of a probability distribution, then the posterior estimate equals the prior. Minor other improvements and corrections to the arguments in the paper are made.Keywords
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- Properties of cross-entropy minimizationIEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 1981