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Introduction to Maximum Entropy Methods
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A Simple Example: Waiting for a Taxicab
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The Maximum Entropy Method
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MaxEnt Applied to the Taxicab Example, Part 1
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MaxEnt Applied to the Taxicab Example, Part 2
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Review of MaxEnt
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A Real-World Example: Modeling the Open Source Ecosystem, Part 1
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Modeling the Open Source Ecosystem, Part 2
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Modeling the Open Source Ecosystem, Part 3
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A Second Real-World Example: Modeling Sears-Roebuck Catalog Prices, Part 1
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Modeling Sears-Roebuck Catalog Prices, Part 2
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Conclusion
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9.1 Modeling the Open Source Ecosystem, Part 3 » Quiz Solution
1. False. The maximum entropy model includes programmer time as a constraint but the mechanistic log-normal model does not.
2. False. The maximum entropy model does not imply any mechanism. As Simon said in an earlier video, it is "mechanism agnostic".