Maximum A Posteriori provides a means for estimating a parameter given some prior knowledge about a variable. In it, one assumes a given distribution for the variable and then estimates the parameter ...

Abstract: We propose a methodology for developing EM-based polynomial surrogate models exploiting the multinomial theorem. Our methodology is compared against four EM surrogate modeling techniques: ...

A fairly complete introduction to the large sample theory of parametric multinomial models, suitable for a second-year graduate course in categorical data analysis, can be based on Birch's theorem ...