Merging Exchangeable Occupancy Distributions: The Family 𝓜 ( a ) $\mathcal {M}^{(a)}$ and its Connection with the Maximum Entropy Principle

Francesca Collet (), Fabrizio Leisen () and Fabio Spizzichino ()
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Francesca Collet: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Fabrizio Leisen: University of Kent
Fabio Spizzichino: Sapienza Università di Roma

Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, 2016, vol. 18, issue 4, 979-997

Abstract: Abstract In this paper a new transformation of occupancy distributions, called merging, is introduced. In particular, it will be studied the effect of merging on a class of occupancy distributions that was recently introduced in Collet et al. (Probab Eng Inf Sci. 27:533–552 2013). These results have an interesting interpretation in the so-called entropy maximization inference. The last part of the paper is devoted to highlight the impact of our findings in this research area.

Keywords: Transformations of occupancy distributions; In-/decomposable distributions; Scale consistency; 60C05; 60G09; 94A17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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