Binomial and Poisson distributions as maximum entropy distributions
Harremoes, P.
Aurehoj Amtsgymnasium, Soborg;
This paper appears in: Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publication Date: Jul 2001
Volume: 47,
Issue: 5
On page(s): 2039-2041
ISSN: 0018-9448
References Cited: 18
CODEN: IETTAW
INSPEC Accession Number: 6980684
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/18.930936
Current Version Published: 2002-08-07
Abstract
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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