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We give a Bayesian comparison between parameter estimation and free-form reconstruction by quantified MaxEnt. The evidence favours the latter prior for the example analysed, and we suggest that this may hold more generally.
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Skilling, J. (1991). On Parameter Estimation and Quantified Maxent. In: Grandy, W.T., Schick, L.H. (eds) Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3460-6_25
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