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First, the correct entropic prior is computed by marginalization of alpha. This is followed by a discussion of improvements to the “evidence” approximation. Surprisingly, it appears that the approximations used to restore the famous “Susie” image may have questionable aspects.
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Strauss, C.E.M., Wolpert, D.H., Wolf, D.R. (1993). Alpha, Evidence, and the Entropic Prior. In: Mohammad-Djafari, A., Demoment, G. (eds) Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2217-9_15
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