Maximum entropy and Bayesian methods. In memory of Edwin T. Jaynes. Proceedings of the 17th international workshop on Maximum entropy and Bayesian methods of statistical analysis, MAXENT 97, Boise, ID, USA, August 4--8, 1997 (Q1272450)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The preceding workshop (15th, 1995) has been announced (see Zbl 0855.00029). Indexed articles: \textit{Skilling, John}, Massive inference and maximum entropy, 1-14 [Zbl 0912.62011] \textit{Rodriguez, Carlos C.}, CV-NP Bayesianism by MCMC, 15-24 [Zbl 0912.62004] \textit{Cooke, D. E.; Kreinovich, V.; Longpré, L.}, Which algorithms are feasible? MaxEnt approach, 25-33 [Zbl 0916.65148] \textit{Golan, A.}, Maximum entropy, likelihood and uncertainty: A comparison, 35-56 [Zbl 0912.62008] \textit{Mohammad-Djafari, Ali}, Probabilistic methods for data fusion, 57-69 [Zbl 0912.62010] \textit{Garrett, Anthony J. M.}, Whence the laws of probability?, 71-86 [Zbl 0941.60001] \textit{von der Linden, W.; Dose, V.; Ramaswami, A.}, Bayesian group analysis, 87-99 [Zbl 0912.62003] \textit{Kosheleva, O.}, Symmetry-group justification of maximum entropy method and generalized maximum entropy methods in image processing, 101-113 [Zbl 0953.94004] \textit{Garrett, Anthony J. M.}, Probability synthesis, 115-120 [Zbl 0917.60010] \textit{Hanson, K. M.; Cunningham, G. S.; Saquib, S. S.}, Inversion based on computational simulations, 121-135 [Zbl 0913.65144] \textit{Preuss, R.; Dose, V.; von der Linden, W.}, Model comparison with energy confinement data from large fusion experiments, 137-145 [Zbl 0919.76097] \textit{Dose, V.; Fischer, R.; von der Linden, W.}, Deconvolution based on experimentally determined apparatus functions, 147-152 [Zbl 0912.62132] \textit{Mohammad-Djafari, A.; Miller, H. G.}, A Bayesian approach for the determination of the charge density from elastic electron scattering data, 153-170 [Zbl 0920.62143] \textit{Chakraborty, Amit; Duncan, James S.}, Integrated deformable boundary finding using Bayesian strategies, 171-182 [Zbl 0916.68201] \textit{Mohammad-Djafari, Ali; Sauer, Ken}, Shape reconstruction in \(X\)-ray tomography from a small number of projections using deformable models, 183-198 [Zbl 0919.62134] \textit{Gee, J. C.; le Briquer, L.}, An empirical model of brain shape, 199-207 [Zbl 0913.92007] \textit{Knuth, K. H.}, Difficulties applying recent blind source separation techniques to EEG and MEG, 209-222 [Zbl 0911.92010] \textit{Garrett, Anthony J. M.}, The history of probability theory, 223-238 [Zbl 0918.60006] \textit{Fox, D.; Schmidt, M.; Koshelev, M.; Kreinovich, V.; Longpré, L.; Kuhn, J.}, We must choose the simplest physical theory: Levin-Li-Vitányi theorem and its potential physical applications, 239-251 [Zbl 1053.68576] \textit{Koshelev, M. V.}, Maximum entropy and acausal processes: Astrophysical applications and challenges, 253-262 [Zbl 0973.85001] \textit{Fitzgerald, Holly E.; Larson, Everett G.}, Computational exploration of the entropic prior over spaces of low dimensionality, 263-269 [Zbl 0912.62007] \textit{Starks, S. A.; Kreinovich, V.}, Environmentally-oriented processing of multi-spectral satellite images: New challenges for Bayesian methods, 271-276 [Zbl 0912.62133] \textit{Osegueda, R.; Ferregut, C.; George, M. J.; Gutierrez, J. M.; Kreinovich, V.}, Maximum entropy approach to optimal sensor placement for aerospace non-destructive testing, 277-289 [Zbl 1008.62687] \textit{Gzyl, Henryk}, Maximum entropy under uncertainty, 291-294 [Zbl 0912.62009]