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View SchemaQuantum Bayes rule
| Authors | Ruediger Schack, Todd A. Brun, Carlton M. Caves |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0008113 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0008113 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.014305 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 64, 014305 (2001) |
Abstract
We state a quantum version of Bayes's rule for statistical inference and give a simple general derivation within the framework of generalized measurements. The rule can be applied to measurements on N copies of a system if the initial state of the N copies is exchangeable. As an illustration, we apply the rule to N qubits. Finally, we show that quantum state estimates derived via the principle of maximum entropy are fundamentally different from those obtained via the quantum Bayes rule.
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