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The maximum entropy method

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Seligman, T.H. (1985). The maximum entropy method. In: Krappe, H.J., Lipperheide, R. (eds) Advanced Methods in the Evaluation of Nuclear Scattering Data. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 236. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-15990-8_6

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