Published May 29, 2001
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Journal article
Marginalization using the metric of likelihood
Creators
- 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
Description
Although the likelihood function is normalizeable with respect to the data there is no guarantee that the same holds with respect to the model parameters. This may lead to singularities in the expectation value integral of these parameters, especially if the prior information is not sufficient to take care of finite integral values. However, the problem may be solved by obeying the correct Riemannian metric imposed by the likelihood. This will be demonstrated for the example of the electron temperature evaluation in hydrogen plasmas
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1381891;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 568
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 264-269
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 20. International workshop on Bayesian inference and maximum entropy methods in science and engineering
- Dates
- 8-13 Jul 2000
- Place
- Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35060202
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; EXPECTATION VALUE; HYDROGEN; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD FIT; PLASMA; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SINGULARITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RESONANCE
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2001 American Institute of Physics.