Bayesian estimation of shannon entropy

DOI10.1080/03610929708831906zbMATH Open0900.62152OpenAlexW2139014816MaRDI QIDQ4337306FDOQ4337306

H. K. Kesavan, Lin Yuan

Publication date: 19 May 1997

Published in: Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610929708831906

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zbMATH Keywords

entropyDirichlet priorfrequency dataBayesian estimate

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Bayesian inference (62F15)

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