Solving inverse problems by combination of maximum entropy and montecarlo simulation

Details Solving inverse problems by combination of maximum entropy and montecarlo simulation Solving inverse problems by combination of maximum entropy and montecarlo simulation

2000-11-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0011225v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

9 pages, revtex4

Scientific paper

The montecarlo method, which is quite commonly used to solve maximum entropy problems in statistical physics, can actually be used to solve inverse problems in a much wider context. The probability distribution which maximizes entropy can be calculated analytically by introducing Lagrange parameters. The problem of fixing these lagrangean parameters is circumvented by introduction of a microcanonical ensemble which describes a system together with its heath bath. Some further simplifying assumptions make it feasible to do montecarlo sampling of the probability distribution. The method is applied to the example of determining the distribution of the density of the earth from three data. Advantages of the method are guaranteed convergence and a clear information-theoretic foundation.

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