On quantum statistical inference

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 775-804

  Barndorff Nielsen, Ole E ^a   Gill, Richard D ^b,c   Jupp, Peter E ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantum cuts; Quantum exponential family; Quantum information; Quantum measurements; Quantum score; Quantum statistical models; Quantum sufficiency; Quantum transformation model; Spin half

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344586667     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00415     Document Type: Review

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