An asymptotic lower bound for the entropy of discrete populations with application to the estimation of entropy for approximately uniform populations

DOI10.1007/BF02869536zbMATH Open0151.24204MaRDI QIDQ2525494FDOQ2525494

Authors: Bernard Harris, E. Benton Cobb 

Publication date: 1966

Published in: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Shannon entropyentropy of discrete populations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Measures of information, entropy (94A17)

Cites Work

• Determining Bounds on Integrals with Applications to Cataloging Problems

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• Asymptotic Properties of the Plug-in Estimator of the Discrete Entropy Under Dependence
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• Bounds of entropy measures for mixed populations

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