THE UNIFORM PRIOR AND ZERO INFORMATION: A TECHNICAL NOTE
Andrew D. Ker
Abstract
Reasoning about maximal performance of hypothesis tests is difficult when there is supposed to be no information about some of the parameters. A common technique is to place a uniform prior on unknowns. In a recent steganography application [1], this gave a nonsensical answer, and we give an exposition and resolution of the paradox here. This note is a companion to [1].
Affiliation
OUCL
Month
June
Number
RR−10−06
Pages
9
Year
2010