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Abstract #300137

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Activity Number:	163
Type:	Topic Contributed
Date/Time:	Monday, August 4, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Bayesian Stat. Sciences
Abstract - #300137
Title:	Some Aspects of the History of Bayesian Information Processing
Author(s):	Arnold Zellner*+
Companies:	University of Chicago
Address:	1101 E 58th St., Chicago, IL, 60637-1511,
Keywords:	Bayes's Theorem ; Iinformation Theory ; information processing ; general learning rules ;
Abstract:	For many years, traditional Bayesian (TB) and information theoretic (IT) procedures for learning from data were viewed as distinctly different approaches. Traditional derivations of the TB and the IT learning models are reviewed and compared. Then the 1988 synthesis of the TB and IT learning models and generalizations of them are described along with descriptions of applications. Included are learning procedures that do not require use of likelihood functions and/or priors. Works by leading Bayesians and information theorists are cited and related to TB/IT issues.

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