Priors in quantum Bayesian inference

Abstract

In quantum Bayesian inference problems, any conclusions drawn from a finite number of measurements depend not only on the outcomes of the measurements but also on a prior. Here we show that, in general, the prior remains important even in the limit of an infinite number of measurements. We illustrate this point with several examples where two priors lead to very different conclusions given the same measurement data.

7 pages; published in AIP Conference Proceedings 1101: Foundations of Probability and Physics 5, edited by L. Accardi et al, p. 255 (2009)

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