Binomial and Poisson distributions as maximum entropy distributions

The binomial and the Poisson distributions are shown to be maximum entropy distributions of suitably defined sets. Poisson's law is considered as a case of entropy maximization, and also convergence in information divergence is established.

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE transactions on information theory 2001-07, Vol.47 (5), p.2039-2041
1. Verfasser:	Harremoes, P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Binomial distribution Binomials Convergence Divergence Entropy Law Mathematical models Maximization Maximum entropy Maximum entropy methods Poisson distributions Studies
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