The MaxEnt2008 - 28th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering - encompassed all aspects of information theory, probability, statistical inference and statistical physics, including research on foundations and theoretical developments, as well as modeling techniques for several specific application areas.

Preface	p. ix
Foundations
General and Continuous Solutions of the Entropy Equation	p. 3
The Gambler's Fallacy: A Bayesian Approach	p. 8
Recent Theoretical Progress on an Information Geometrodynamical Approach to Chaos	p. 16
From Inference to Physics	p. 23
The Origin of Probability and Entropy	p. 35
Gibbs Paradox and Similarity Principle	p. 49
About the Upper Bound of the Chiral Index of Multivariate Distributions	p. 61
The Canvas of Rationality	p. 67
On the Formal Expression of Observational Data in Scientific Inference: Ambiguities and Confusions	p. 80
A Possible Foundation for Blackwell's Equivalence	p. 90
Birnbaum's Theorem Redux	p. 96
Methods
The Empirical Bayes Estimator and Mixed Distributions	p. 103
A New Lifetime Distribution with Bathtube and Unimodal Hazard Function	p. 111
Annealed Adaptive Importance Sampling	p. 119
Combining Moments and Samples-A Bayesian Approach	p. 127
Sparse Factorization Methods for Inference in Bayesian Networks	p. 136
The Use of Several Link Functions on a Beta Regression Model: A Bayesian Approach	p. 144
The Lag Length of a Dynamic Regression Model: A Comparative Study	p. 150
FBST for Cointegration Problems	p. 157
Maximum-Entropy Moments-Based Approximations of the Cramér-Rao Bound	p. 165
A New Measure of Bivariate Asymmetry and Its Evaluation	p. 173
Maximizing the Entropy Rate of State-Dependent M/M/1 Queues	p. 181
Quality Control in Small Groups	p. 189
Dirichlet or Potts?	p. 197
Drift Estimation from a Simple Field Theory	p. 207
Parallel Systems Using the Weibull Model	p. 215
The Dimension of Information	p. 224
Full Bayesian Significance Test for a Class of Jump-Diffusion Models	p. 232
Applications
Variational Bayes Approach for Tomographic Reconstruction	p. 243
Maximum Entropy Principle for Transportation	p. 252
Maxent-Burg Applications to Muon-Spin Resonance	p. 260
On the Estimation of Process Parameters in the Taguchi's Approach to the On-Line Control Procedure for Attributes	p. 268
Robust Bayesian Priors with Applications to Clinical Trials: Information and Cross-Entropic Approaches	p. 278
Characterization of Interstellar Organic Molecules	p. 286
Antenna Array Design as Inference	p. 294
Proscriptive Bayesian Programming and Maximum Entropy: A Preliminary Study	p. 301
Bayesian Analysis of the Dynamic Structure in China's Economic Growth	p. 309
Hierarchical Forecasting with Functional Trees	p. 317
Analyzing Trade Dynamics from Incomplete Data in Spatial Regional Models: A Maximum Entropy Approach	p. 325
On the Black-Scholes European Option Pricing Model Robustness and Generality	p. 332
Inference on the Univariate Frailty Model: A Bayesian Reference Analysis Approach	p. 340
Optimizing Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA) Using Bayesian Experimental Design	p. 348
Tutorial Books
Lectures on Probability, Entropy and Statistical Physics	p. 361
Cognitive Constructivism and the Epistemic Significance of Sharp Statistical Hypotheses	p. 364
Symmetry Studies of Entropy: An Introduction to Canonical Decompositions	p. 368
Group Photos	p. 371
Photo Gallery	p. 373
Author Index	p. 383
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Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering: 28th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Boraceia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 6-11 July 2008

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