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Summary The most probable distribution of a stochastic variable is obtained by maximizing the entropy of its distribution under given constraints, by applying Lagrange's procedure. The constraints then determine the type of frequency distribution. The above holds for continuous as well as for discrete distributions. In this note we give a survey of various constraints and the corresponding frequency distributions.
Lisman et al. (1972) studied this question.