On Statistical Information Theory and Related Measures of Information,
Abstract
The report presents a small sample statistical information theory based on three measures of information. It provides also an answer to the problem of constructing functional measures of information covering non-regular distributions. Chapter 2 discusses the concept of statistical information. The Fisherian information measure is examined in the scalar and vector parameter cases in Chapter 3. The modified Kullback-Leibler functional measure of information and the generalized Bhattacharyya functional measure are discussed in Chapter 4. A few considerations on certain pathological families of distributions along with a discussion on the question of additivity of information are given in Chapter 5. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0727794
Entities
People
- O. Kempthorne
- P. C. Papaioannou
Organizations
- Iowa State University