Not yet, but I will. Thanks
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Mario Levitin <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I'm trying to give it a probabilistic interpretation in order to > understand > > the logic behind. Any probabilistic interpretation should define random > > variables, events, etc. However, my attempts in this respect have been > > unsuccessful. > > > > Mario, > > Good to see you here. > > Have you read my original paper on the topic of LLR? It explains the > connection with chi^2 measures of association. > > The paper can be found here: http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/J/J93/J93-1003.pdf > > It is very short and fairly understandable. Modern implementations are > simpler than the formulae in the paper, but the narrative should be pretty > clear. > > If you have (or once you have) read that paper, could you say why that > description doesn't meet your needs for a probabilistic interpretation? If > so, I would imagine I or others will be able to help further. >
