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Using Relative Entropy to Find Optimal Approximations: an Application to Simple Fluids
Chih-Yuan Tseng, Ariel Caticha
We develop a maximum relative entropy formalism to generate optimal approximations to probability distributions. The central results consist in (a) justifying the use of relative e…
Entropic criterion for model selection
Chih-Yuan Tseng
Model or variable selection is usually achieved through ranking models according to the increasing order of preference. One of methods is applying Kullback-Leibler distance or rela…
Maximum Entropy and the Variational Method in Statistical Mechanics: an Application to Simple Fluids
Chih-Yuan Tseng, Ariel Caticha
We develop the method of Maximum Entropy (ME) as a technique to generate approximations to probability distributions. The central results consist in (a) justifying the use of relat…
Maximum entropy approach to the theory of simple fluids
Chih-Yuan Tseng, Ariel Caticha
We explore the use of the method of Maximum Entropy (ME) as a technique to generate approximations. In a first use of the ME method the "exact" canonical probability distribution o…
Maximum Entropy approach to a Mean Field Theory for Fluids
Chih-Yuan Tseng, Ariel Caticha
Making statistical predictions requires tackling two problems: one must assign appropriate probability distributions and then one must calculate a variety of expected values. The m…
Yet another resolution of the Gibbs paradox: an information theory approach
Chih-Yuan Tseng, Ariel Caticha
The ``Gibbs Paradox'' refers to several related questions concerning entropy in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: whether it is an extensive quantity or not, how it changes…