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(1991) Existence and explanation, Dordrecht, Springer.
Maximum Entropy Updating, or MAXENT for short, is a method for revising probabilistic beliefs when new constraints on probabilities are given. It produces a new probability measure that in a certain sense "minimally' revises the prior probability measure so as to accomodate the new constraints.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-3244-2_5
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Hunter, D. (1991)., Maximum entropy updating and conditionalization, in W. Spohn, B. Skyrms & B. C. Van Fraassen (eds.), Existence and explanation, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 45-57.
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