Basic Concepts, Identities and Inequalities - the Toolkit of Information Theory
Department of Mathematics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Entropy 2001, 3(3), 162-190; https://doi.org/10.3390/e3030162
Submission received: 12 September 2001
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Accepted: 18 September 2001
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Published: 30 September 2001
Abstract
Basic concepts and results of that part of Information Theory which is often referred to as "Shannon Theory" are discussed with focus mainly on the discrete case. The paper is expository with some new proofs and extensions of results and concepts.
Keywords:
entropy; divergence; mutual information; concavity; convexity; data reduction
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Topsøe, F. Basic Concepts, Identities and Inequalities - the Toolkit of Information Theory. Entropy 2001, 3, 162-190. https://doi.org/10.3390/e3030162
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Topsøe F. Basic Concepts, Identities and Inequalities - the Toolkit of Information Theory. Entropy. 2001; 3(3):162-190. https://doi.org/10.3390/e3030162
Chicago/Turabian StyleTopsøe, Flemming. 2001. "Basic Concepts, Identities and Inequalities - the Toolkit of Information Theory" Entropy 3, no. 3: 162-190. https://doi.org/10.3390/e3030162
