Updating Probabilities with Data and Moments
classification
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cs.ITmath.ITmath.STphysics.comp-phphysics.pop-phstat.APstat.COstat.MEstat.TH
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We use the method of Maximum (relative) Entropy to process information in the form of observed data and moment constraints. The generic "canonical" form of the posterior distribution for the problem of simultaneous updating with data and moments is obtained. We discuss the general problem of non-commuting constraints, when they should be processed sequentially and when simultaneously. As an illustration, the multinomial example of die tosses is solved in detail for two superficially similar but actually very different problems.
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