摘要翻译：
一个无法完全统计的社区的多样性必须推论出来。两种最优的推理方法是以约束形式使用信息的MaxEnt方法和以数据形式使用信息的Bayes规则。结果表明，这两种方法都是最大相对熵(ME)法的特例。我们演示了如何将这种方法用作多样性的度量，它不仅再现了香农指数的特征，而且通过允许更多类型的信息包括在推断中来超越它们。具体算例进行了详细求解。另外，所发现的熵与热力学熵的形式相同。
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英文标题：
《Inferring Diversity: Life After Shannon》
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作者：
Adom Giffin
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最新提交年份：
2007
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分类信息：

一级分类：Statistics        统计学
二级分类：Methodology        方法论
分类描述：Design, Surveys, Model Selection, Multiple Testing, Multivariate Methods, Signal and Image Processing, Time Series, Smoothing, Spatial Statistics, Survival Analysis, Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods
设计，调查，模型选择，多重检验，多元方法，信号和图像处理，时间序列，平滑，空间统计，生存分析，非参数和半参数方法
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一级分类：Physics        物理学
二级分类：Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems        自适应和自组织系统
分类描述：Adaptation, self-organizing systems, statistical physics, fluctuating systems, stochastic processes, interacting particle systems, machine learning
自适应，自组织系统，统计物理，波动系统，随机过程，相互作用粒子系统，机器学习
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一级分类：Quantitative Biology        数量生物学
二级分类：Genomics        基因组学
分类描述：DNA sequencing and assembly; gene and motif finding; RNA editing and alternative splicing; genomic structure and processes (replication, transcription, methylation, etc); mutational processes.
DNA测序与组装；基因和基序的发现；RNA编辑和选择性剪接；基因组结构和过程（复制、转录、甲基化等）；突变过程。
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一级分类：Quantitative Biology        数量生物学
二级分类：Populations and Evolution        种群与进化
分类描述：Population dynamics, spatio-temporal and epidemiological models, dynamic speciation, co-evolution, biodiversity, foodwebs, aging; molecular evolution and phylogeny; directed evolution; origin of life
种群动力学；时空和流行病学模型；动态物种形成；协同进化；生物多样性；食物网；老龄化；分子进化和系统发育；定向进化；生命起源
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英文摘要：
  The diversity of a community that cannot be fully counted must be inferred. The two preeminent inference methods are the MaxEnt method, which uses information in the form of constraints and Bayes' rule which uses information in the form of data. It has been shown that these two methods are special cases of the method of Maximum (relative) Entropy (ME). We demonstrate how this method can be used as a measure of diversity that not only reproduces the features of Shannon's index but exceeds them by allowing more types of information to be included in the inference. A specific example is solved in detail. Additionally, the entropy that is found is the same form as the thermodynamic entropy.
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PDF链接：
https://arxiv.org/pdf/709.4079