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An Axiomatic Characterization of Mutual Information

We characterize mutual information as the unique map on ordered pairs of discrete random variables satisfying a set of axioms similar to those of Faddeev’s characterization of the Shannon entropy. There is a new axiom in our characterization, however, which has no analog for Shannon entropy, based o...

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Autor principal: Fullwood, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10137661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37190451
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e25040663