An efficient algorithm to compute maximum entropy densities

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-140

  Ormoneit, D ^a   White, H ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density estimation; Maximum entropy principle; Shannon entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950975249     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: 15324168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474939908800436     Document Type: Article

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