Hausdorff moment problem via fractional moments

We outline an efficient method for the reconstruction of a probability density function from the knowledge of its infinite sequence of ordinary moments. The approximate density is obtained resorting to maximum entropy technique, under the constraint of some fractional moments. The latter ones are ob...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2002-07
Hauptverfasser: Pierluigi Novi Inverardi, Petri, Alberto, Pontuale, Giorgio, Tagliani, Aldo
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Zusammenfassung:We outline an efficient method for the reconstruction of a probability density function from the knowledge of its infinite sequence of ordinary moments. The approximate density is obtained resorting to maximum entropy technique, under the constraint of some fractional moments. The latter ones are obtained explicitly in terms of the infinite sequence of given ordinary moments. It is proved that the approximate density converges in entropy to the underlying density, so that it demonstrates to be useful for calculating expected values.
ISSN:2331-8422