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33 Post author: farsan 18 April 2012 06:00PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 18 April 2012 07:51:27PM *  5 points [-]

I don't have the book handy, but Jaynes recommends this kind of log probability as more intuitive, and does a few examples in his book.

EDIT: He introduces it in Chapter 4, pg 91, and uses it in chapter 4 and a little in chapter 5.