Exploratory Data Analysis Using Fisher Information

Robert A. Gatenby

ISBN 10: 184996615X / ISBN 13: 9781849966153

Published by Springer London, Springer, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploratory Data Analysis Using Fisher Information
• Publisher: Springer London, Springer
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184996615X
• ISBN 13: 9781849966153
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 21D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 575 grams

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Synopsis

This book uses a mathematical approach to deriving the laws of science and technology that is based upon the concept of Fisher information.

The approach that follows from these ideas is called the principle of Extreme Physical Information (EPI). It is shown how to use EPI to determine the theoretical input – output laws of unknown systems. Depending upon the system, these laws can be deterministic or stochastic and applicable to data used in many complex computational systems. Not only does information characterize the amount and quality of their data, but – much more basically – it can be used to analytically determine how the data arises out of the system, by the EPI principle. The book can be profitably read by someone whose level of math is at the level of an undergraduate degree in science or engineering.

About the Author

Professor Emeritus - B. Roy Frieden:

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona 1966-2002; books "Probability, Statistical Optics and Data Testing" (Springer-Verlag, 3^rd ed., 2001), "Physics from Fisher Information" (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998), "Science from Fisher Information" (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004); inventor of principle of Extreme physical information (EPI)

Dr. Robert A. Gatenby:

BSE, Princeton Univ. MD, University of Pennsylvania.