2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/59679A probabilistic rationale for I-divergence minimization (relative entropy maximization), non-parametric likelihood maximization and J-divergence minimization (Jeffres' entropy maximization) criteria is provided.ProbabilityCombinatorics60C05; 60F99On the probabilistic rationale of I-divergence and J-divergence minimizationtext