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- From: robert@capmkt.com
- Subject: Re: Variational Problem
- References: <1992Dec23.171131.207@linus.mitre.org>
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- Originator: dan@symcom.math.uiuc.edu
- Sender: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
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- Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:10:44 GMT
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- A very simple solution is to consider the level curves {P(a,b)=c}
- and to choose L to be the level curve corresponding the largest value of
- c for which the probability mass interior to the level curve is F. The
- area enclosed by L is also the minimum such area for the given probability
- mass. The reason this algorithm works is the same as any other "greedy"
- algorithm, area is only traded for the maximum amount of probability mass
- avalilable at all times.
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