Résumé
Exract from the preface
This essay had its beginning in an article of mine
published in 1946 in the American Journal of Physics. The
axioms of probability were formulated there and its rules
were derived from them by Boolean algebra, as in the first
part of this book. The relation between expectation and
experience was described, although very scantily, as in the
third part. For some years past, as I had time, I have
developed further the suggestions made in that article. I
am grateful for a leave of absence from my duties at the
Johns Hopkins University, which has enabled me to bring
them to such completion as they have here.
Meanwhile a transformation has taken place in the concept
of entropy. In its earlier meaning it was restricted to
thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, but now, in the
theory of communication developed by C. E. Shannon and in
subsequent work by other authors, it has become an
important concept in the theory of probability. The second
part of the present essay is concerned with entropy in this
sense. Indeed I have proposed an even broader definition,
on which the resources of Boolean algebra can be more
strongly brought to bear. At the end of the essay, I have
ventured some comments on Hume's criticism of
induction...
R.T.C.
- I. Probability
- II. Entropy
- II. Expectation
L'auteur - Richard T. Cox
Richard T. Cox was a professor of physics at the Johns Hopkins University. He was the author of several books on physics and biology.
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| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Johns Hopkins |
| Auteur(s) | Richard T. Cox |
| Parution | 14/11/2002 |
| Nb. de pages | 114 |
| Format | 15 x 23 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 210g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780801869822 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-8018-6982-2 |
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