Additive and subadditive entropies for discrete \(n\)-dimensional random vectors (Q1063572)

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Additive and subadditive entropies for discrete \(n\)-dimensional random vectors
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    Additive and subadditive entropies for discrete \(n\)-dimensional random vectors (English)
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    1985
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    Let \(X_ i\), \(i=1,2,...,n\) be n finite real valued random variables. The authors characterize entropies of a discrete random vector \((X_ 1,...,X_ n)\) by some ''natural'' properties. Here the entropies are supposed to depend both upon the joint probability distribution of \((X_ 1,...,X_ n)\) and upon the finite ranges of \(X_ i\), \(i=1,...,n\). In particular, the entropies considered in the mixed theory of information [\textit{J. Aczél} and \textit{Z. Daróczy}, RAIRO Inf. Théor. 12, 149--155 (1978; Zbl 0382.94012)] are included in the interesting results.
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    uncertainty
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    additivity
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    sub-additivity
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    symmetry
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    expansibility
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    discrete random vector
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    mixed theory of information
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