Information Theory and Statistics: A Tutorial is concerned with applications of information theory concepts in statistics, in the finite alphabet setting. The topics covered include large deviations, hypothesis testing, maximum likelihood estimation in exponential families, analysis of contingency t
Information theory and statistics
β Scribed by Solomon Kullback
- Book ID
- 127424721
- Publisher
- Peter Smith
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Library
- ISBN
- 0844656259
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β¦ Synopsis
Highly useful text studies the logarithmic measures of information and their application to testing statistical hypotheses. Topics include introduction and definition of measures of information, their relationship to Fisher's information measure and sufficiency, fundamental inequalities of information theory, much more. Numerous worked examples and problems. References. Glossary. Appendix. 1968 second, revised edition.
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