Open AccessEnvironmental ScienceBiologyComputer Science
J. Elith, Steven J. Phillips, T. Hastie, Miroslav Dudík, Y. Chee, C. Yates
2011.1.1DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
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A new statistical explanation of MaxEnt is described, showing that the model minimizes the relative entropy between two probability densities defined in covariate space, which is likely to be a more accessible way to understand the model than previous ones that rely on machine learning concepts.
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ELITH, J., et al. A statistical explanation of maxent for ecologists. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 2011, 17.