Minimum Cross-Entropy Reasoning: A Statistical Justification
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Degrees of belief are formed using observed ev idence and stat ist ical background in format ion. In this paper we examine the process of how pr ior degrees of belief derived f rom the evidence are combined w i th stat ist ical data to form more specific degrees of belief. A stat ist ical model for this process then is shown to vindicate the cross-entropy min imizat ion principle as a rule for probabi l ist ic default-inference.
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Minimum Cross-entropy Reasoning: a Statistical Justiication
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