Maximum Entropy

Maximum entropy may refer to:

  • The principle of maximum entropy
  • The maximum entropy probability distribution
  • Maximum entropy spectral estimation
  • Maximum entropy spectral analysis
  • Maximum entropy thermodynamics
  • The law of maximum entropy production
  • Entropy maximization
  • Maximum entropy classifier

Famous quotes containing the words maximum and/or entropy:

    “Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.”
    —Václav Havel (b. 1936)