Quantum theory of incompatible observations

Abstract

Maximum likelihood principle is shown to be the best measure for relating the experimental data with the predictions of quantum theory.

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References in corpus (4)

• Maximum-likelihood estimation of the density matrix
• Reconstruction of the spin state
• How much information can be obtained by a quantum measurement?
• Testing of quantum phase in matter wave optics

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• Exact and approximate solutions for the quantum minimum-Kullback-entropy estimation problem