ABOUT DISTANCES OF DISCRETE-DISTRIBUTIONS SATISFYING THE DATA-PROCESSING THEOREM OF INFORMATION-THEORY

Authors
PARDO MC VAJDA I
Citation
Mc. Pardo et I. Vajda, ABOUT DISTANCES OF DISCRETE-DISTRIBUTIONS SATISFYING THE DATA-PROCESSING THEOREM OF INFORMATION-THEORY, IEEE transactions on information theory, 43(4), 1997, pp. 1288-1293
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on information theory → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189448
Volume
43
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1288 - 1293
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9448(1997)43:4<1288:ADODST>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Distances of discrete probability distributions are considered. Necess ary and sufficient conditions for validity of the data processing theo rem of information theory are established. These conditions are applie d to the Burbea-Rao divergences and Bregman distances.