On the applicability of maximum entropy to inexact reasoning
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On the applicability of maximum entropy to inexact reasoning
zbMATH Open document ID: 0665.68079
DOI: 10.1016/0888-613X(89)90012-1
published in: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: It is shown that under a certain interpretaion of belief maximum entropy arises naturally in inexact reasoning. Practical and theoretical consequences of this method are then discussed.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 68T35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94A17
zbMATH DE Number: 4088973
zbMATH Keywords: inductive inference
zbMATH Keywords: expert systems
zbMATH Keywords: maximum entropy
zbMATH Keywords: inexact reasoning
author: Jeff Paris
author: Alena Vencovská
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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