Measuring information beyond communication theory - why some generalized information measures may be useful, others not

DOI10.1007/BF02192655zbMath0547.94004OpenAlexW2076054002MaRDI QIDQ799647

János Aczél

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/137008

zbMATH Keywords

experimentsgameseconomics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to information and communication theory (94-02) Functional equations for functions with more general domains and/or ranges (39B52) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Functional equations and inequalities (39B99)

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