The MinMax information measure
The importance of finding minimum entropy probability distributions and the value of minimum entropy for a probabilistic system is discussed. A method to calculate these when there are both moment and inequality constraints on probabilities is given and illustrated with examples. It is shown that: i...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of systems science 1995-01, Vol.26 (1), p.1-12 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The importance of finding minimum entropy probability distributions and the value of minimum entropy for a probabilistic system is discussed. A method to calculate these when there are both moment and inequality constraints on probabilities is given and illustrated with examples. It is shown that: information given by moments or inequalities on probabilities can be measured by the reduction in the uncertainty gap (S
max
- S
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); and in certain circumstances the inequalities on probabilities can provide significant information about probabilistic systems. |
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ISSN: | 0020-7721 1464-5319 |
DOI: | 10.1080/00207729508929020 |