Bias adjustment for a nonparametric entropy estimator

DOI10.3390/e15061999zbMath1296.62017OpenAlexW2108571308MaRDI QIDQ742735

Michael Grabchak, Zhiyi Zhang

Publication date: 19 September 2014

Published in: Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/e15061999

zbMATH Keywords

biasnonparametric entropy estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10)

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