Extremal Principles and Optimization Dualities for Khinchin-Kullback-Leibler Estimation.
Abstract
This paper presents a new extremal approach to deriving dual optimization problems with proper duality inequality which simplifies and generalizes the Fenchel-Rockafellar scheme. Our derivation proceeds in two stages, (1) inequality attainment, (2) decoupling primal and dual variables. The power and convenience of this approach are exhibited through a new, much simpler derivation of the Charnes-Cooper results for Khinchin-Kullback-Leibler statistical estimation (1), the immediate establishment of the C(2) duality for general distributions and its extensions to general linear inequality constraints, plus the development of a new two-person zero-sum game connection.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA031398
Entities
People
- Abraham Charnes
- L. Seiford
- William W. Cooper
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin