Entropy 2013, 15(12), 5439-5463; doi:10.3390/e15125439
Consistency and Generalization Bounds for Maximum Entropy Density Estimation
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Kno.e.sis Center, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
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Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8, Canada
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Visa Inc., San Francisco, CA 94128, USA
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Received: 9 July 2013 / Revised: 13 November 2013 / Accepted: 3 December 2013 / Published: 9 December 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Maximum Entropy and Bayes Theorem)
Abstract
We investigate the statistical properties of maximum entropy density estimation, both for the complete data case and the incomplete data case. We show that under certain assumptions, the generalization error can be bounded in terms of the complexity of the underlying feature functions. This allows us to establish the universal consistency of maximum entropy density estimation. View Full-Text
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Wang, S.; Greiner, R.; Wang, S. Consistency and Generalization Bounds for Maximum Entropy Density Estimation. Entropy 2013, 15, 5439-5463.