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Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods Garching, Germany 1998

Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods of Statistical Analysis

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Linden

    1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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  2. Volker Dose

    1. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany

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  3. Rainer Fischer

    1. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany

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  4. Roland Preuss

    1. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany

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Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 105)

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Table of contents (35 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Edwin Thompson Jaynes

    • G. Larry Bretthorst
    Pages 1-10

  3. A Tribute to Edwin T. Jaynes

    • M. Tribus
    Pages 11-20

  4. The Near-Irrelevance of Sampling Frequency Distributions

    • G. Larry Bretthorst
    Pages 21-46

  5. Outlier Tolerant Parameter Estimation

    • V. Dose, W. Von Der Linden
    Pages 47-56

  6. Universality, Prior Information and Maximum Entropy in Foams

    • N. Rivier, B. Dubertret, T. Aste, H. Ohlenbusch
    Pages 57-64

  7. Texture Reconstruction in Noisy Images

    • M. Walessa, M. Datcu
    Pages 65-72

  8. Bayesian 3D X-Ray Reconstruction From Incomplete Noisy Data

    • V. Vengrinovich, Yu. Denkevich, G.-R. Tillack
    Pages 73-82

  9. A Bayesian Reflection on Surfaces

    • David R. Wolf
    Pages 83-90

  10. Quantum Entropy Regularization

    • R. N. Silver
    Pages 91-98

  11. Bayesian Reconstruction of Electron Energy Distributions from Emission Line Intensities

    • E. Fischer, W. Jacob, W. Von Der Linden, V. Dose
    Pages 99-106

  12. Depth Profile Reconstruction from Rutherford Backscattering Data

    • U. V. Toussaint, K. Krieger, R. Fischer, V. Dose
    Pages 107-114

  13. Bayesian Image Segmentation Using a Dynamic Pyramida Structure

    • H. Rehrauer, K. Seidel, M. Datcu
    Pages 115-122

  14. Adaptive Image Reconstruction with Predictive Model

    • V. M. Artemiev, A. O. Naumov, G.-R. Tillack
    Pages 123-130

  15. Are We Cruising a Hypothesis Space?

    • C. C. Rodriguez
    Pages 131-140

  16. Fiducial Inference

    • Diemer Salomé
    Pages 141-148

  17. Posterior Moments of the Cauchy Distribution

    • David R. Wolf
    Pages 149-156

  18. Bayesian Reasoning Versus Conventional Statistics in High Energy Physics

    • G. D’Agostini
    Pages 157-170

  19. Model Comparison in Plasma Energy Confinement Scaling

    • R. Preuss, V. Dose, W. Von Der Linden
    Pages 171-178

  20. Straight Lines

    • Do Kester
    Pages 179-188
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About this book

In 1978 Edwin T. Jaynes and Myron Tribus initiated a series of workshops to exchange ideas and recent developments in technical aspects and applications of Bayesian probability theory. The first workshop was held at the University of Wyoming in 1981 organized by C.R. Smith and W.T. Grandy. Due to its success, the workshop was held annually during the last 18 years. Over the years, the emphasis of the workshop shifted gradually from fundamental concepts of Bayesian probability theory to increasingly realistic and challenging applications. The 18th international workshop on Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods was held in Garching / Munich (Germany) (27-31. July 1998). Opening lectures by G. Larry Bretthorst and by Myron Tribus were dedicated to one of th the pioneers of Bayesian probability theory who died on the 30 of April 1998: Edwin Thompson Jaynes. Jaynes revealed and advocated the correct meaning of 'probability' as the state of knowledge rather than a physical property. This inter­ pretation allowed him to unravel longstanding mysteries and paradoxes. Bayesian probability theory, "the logic of science" - as E.T. Jaynes called it - provides the framework to make the best possible scientific inference given all available exper­ imental and theoretical information. We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of Tribus and Bretthorst in commemorating the outstanding contributions of E.T. Jaynes to the development of probability theory.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Wolfgang Linden

  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany

    Volker Dose, Rainer Fischer, Roland Preuss

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