Friday, 4 July 2014

optimization - How to simplify the summation of log

I have a summation that involve log. I don't know how to solve this summation. I want to find an expression (even a good approximation is enough) for this summation.



$\sum_{k=0}^{n}{log(a_k)}$

or
$log(\prod_{k=0}^{n}{a_k})$



I only know that
$\sum_{k=0}^{n}{a_k}= N$



Any help Please?



Edit




Let $a_k$ is a random variable which can take its value according to binomial (or normal) distribution. Then how to solve the above log summation problem.

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