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Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus

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MPS-RR 2001-19
July 2001




On Quantum Statistical Inference

by:

Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen

Richard D. Gill, Peter E. Jupp

Abstract

Recent developments in the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics have brought the theory closer to that of classical probability and statistics. On the other hand, the unique character of quantum physics sets many of the questions addressed apart from those met classically in stochastics. Furthermore, concurrent advances in experimental techniques and in the theory of quantum computation have led to a strong interest in questions of quantum information, in particular in the sense of the amount of information about unknown parameters in given observational data or accessible through various possible types of measurements. This scenery is outlined.

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This paper has now been published in J.R. Statist. Soc. B 65 (2003), 1-31