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physics.data-an2009★ 8 cited
Maximum Entropy: The Universal Method for Inference
Adom Giffin
In this thesis we start by providing some detail regarding how we arrived at our present understanding of probabilities and how we manipulate them - the product and addition rules…
physics.data-an2006★ 184 cited
Updating Probabilities
Ariel Caticha, Adom Giffin
We show that Skilling's method of induction leads to a unique general theory of inductive inference, the method of Maximum relative Entropy (ME). The main tool for updating probabi…
physics.data-an2006
The Error in the Two Envelopes Paradox
Adom Giffin
The "paradox" arises in the Two Envelopes Paradox from the incorrect formulation of the argument. The infomation given is misused and therefore the results are incorrect for the qu…