1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Probabilistic Inference on the Maximum Entropy Principle
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06680292
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Statistical science
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| Research Institution | Science University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
NIKI Naoto Science University of Tokyo, Dpt. Manag. Sci., Professor, 工学部, 教授 (10000209)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HASHIGUCHI Hiroki Science University of Tokyo, Dpt. Manag. Sci., Research Associate, 工学部, 助手 (50266920)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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| Keywords | Uncertainty / Kullback-Leibler Information / Subjective Probability / Maximum Entropy Principle / Leaning Process |
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| Research Abstract |
The maximum entropy principle is introduced in the sense of Kullback and Leibler into the estimation of unknown degrees of certainty on some statements of interest. For obtaining the estimates from the given certainty values of related statements, a procedure is proposed after discussions both from theoretical perspectives and from pragmatic versatility which can be summarized below : (1) Probability calculus should be used in manipulating certainties. (2) Knowledge about the statements should be stored in the form of discrete distribution about how often the events that those statements turn out to be true or false happen together. (3) Entailment of unknown probabilities should follow the results in finding the nearest distribution in the measure to the current knowledge that satisfies the given marginal conditions.
Our final goal lies in designing and implementing a new expert system that acknowledge uncertauinty in a formal manner on the maximum entropy principle. Prototyping for making a small experimental system has been done, but the current version is far from complete satisfaction. There are many things and matters remained to be fixed.
Closely related to the probabilistic inference, a quantitative learning model has also formed a subject of this research. Any prior knowledge or working hypothesis should be moderately modified with experience. Processes of transition from the initial knowledge distribution given by revelation, formed through interview with an expert or founded upon some other grounds, into the fully empirical one are of prime concern to us. Theoretical analysis and computer simulation study on the behavior of the processes show that it provides a good model for human understanding and memory on the quantitative relations among events.
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Research Products
(4 results)
