Information field theory
arXiv:1301.2556 · doi:10.1063/1.4819999
Abstract
Non-linear image reconstruction and signal analysis deal with complex inverse problems. To tackle such problems in a systematic way, I present information field theory (IFT) as a means of Bayesian, data based inference on spatially distributed signal fields. IFT is a statistical field theory, which permits the construction of optimal signal recovery algorithms even for non-linear and non-Gaussian signal inference problems. IFT algorithms exploit spatial correlations of the signal fields and benefit from techniques developed to investigate quantum and statistical field theories, such as Feynman diagrams, re-normalisation calculations, and thermodynamic potentials. The theory can be used in many areas, and applications in cosmology and numerics are presented.
8 pages, in-a-nutshell introduction to information field theory (see http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/ift), accepted for the proceedings of MaxEnt 2012, the 32nd International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering
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