Published May 29, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Marginalization using the metric of likelihood

  • 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

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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

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Notes
(c) 2001 American Institute of Physics.