GSoC/SoCiS: general maximum entropy algoritm

[Tomasz Ożański]

Hello,

My name is Tomasz and I'm PhD student in Computer Science. I familiar 
with Octave since I use it almost every day for my research.

However there are still some functionalities I would love to have, one 
of them is maximum entropy method (MEM) algorithms. They are frequently 
used in signal processing (image deconvolution, spectral estimation, 
smoothing, estimating probability distribution, time series analysis and 
much more...)

I believe I would be able write a general algorithm for maximum entropy 
reconstruction for octave under Google Summer of Code or Summer of Code 
in Space program. A base would probably be the work of Skilling and 
Bryan[1].

I will try to write the details of the project on my wiki user page (ozzy).

What I would like to know is if you are interested in this sort of 
functionality in Octave?. I know there are few specialized 
maximum-entropy based algorithms in some Matlab toolboxes and other 
computational software packages, but I haven't found an implementation 
of a general maximum-entropy algorithm anywhere.

greetings,
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Tomasz Ożański

[1] http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1984MNRAS.211..111S