What is the question that MaxEnt answers? A probabilistic interpretation
arXiv:math-ph/0009020 · doi:10.1063/1.1381873
Abstract
The Boltzmann-Wallis-Jaynes' multiplicity argument is taken up and elaborated. MaxEnt is proved and demonstrated to be just an asymptotic case of looking for such a vector of absolute frequencies in a feasible set, which has maximal probability of being generated by a uniform prior generator/pmf.
Presented at 'MaxEnt 2000', CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, July 8-13, 2000
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