arXiv:quant-ph/0507007 · International Journal of Quantum Information

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION FOR A GROUP OF PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

Giulio Chiribella, Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano, Paolo Perinotti, Massimiliano Federico Sacchi

Published Jun 1, 2006• 20 citations

Abstract

The maximum likelihood strategy for the estimation of group parameters allows one to derive in a general fashion optimal measurements, optimal signal states, and their relations with other information theoretical quantities. These results provide deep insight into the general structure underlying optimal quantum estimation strategies. The entanglement between representation spaces and multiplicity spaces of the group action appears to be the unique kind of entanglement which is really useful for the optimal estimation of group parameters.

DOI: 10.1142/s0219749906002018

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