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Optimal Estimation of Parameters - Hardcover

Jorma Rissanen

 
9781107004740: Optimal Estimation of Parameters

Synopsis

A comprehensive and consistent theory of estimation, including a description of a powerful new tool, the generalized maximum capacity estimator.

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About the Author

Jorma Rissanen was a member of research staff in IBM Almaden Research Center from 1965 to 2001 and is currently Professor Emeritus at Technical University of Tampere, Finland. Among his main achievements are the introduction of the MDL principle for statistics, the invention of arithmetic coding and the introduction of variable-length Markov chains with the associated Algorithm Context. He has received many awards, including the 2007 Kolmogorov medal from the CLRC, University of London, and the 2009 Shannon Award from the Information Theory Society. He received two Outstanding Innovation Awards from IBM in 1980 and 1988 and a Corporate Award in 1991.

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