The document discusses probability distributions and their natural parameters. It provides examples of several common distributions including the Bernoulli, multinomial, Gaussian, and gamma distributions. For each distribution, it derives the natural parameter representation and shows how to write the distribution in the form p(x|η) = h(x)g(η)exp{η^T μ(x)}. Maximum likelihood estimation for these distributions is also briefly discussed.
The document discusses probability distributions and their natural parameters. It provides examples of several common distributions including the Bernoulli, multinomial, Gaussian, and gamma distributions. For each distribution, it derives the natural parameter representation and shows how to write the distribution in the form p(x|η) = h(x)g(η)exp{η^T μ(x)}. Maximum likelihood estimation for these distributions is also briefly discussed.