• DocumentCode
    1385112
  • Title

    On the practical implication of mutual information for statistical decisionmaking

  • Author

    Kanaya, F. ; Nakagawa, Koichi

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Kanagawa
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1151
  • Lastpage
    1156
  • Abstract
    A basic mathematical function that conjoins the two key conceptions of mutual information and Bayes risk is defined. Based on that function, some asymptotic theorems that verify an important implication of mutual information in the context of practical Bayesian decisionmaking are proven
  • Keywords
    Bayes methods; decision theory; information theory; Bayes risk; asymptotic theorems; basic mathematical function; mutual information; practical implication; statistical decisionmaking; Bayesian methods; Convergence; Decision theory; Frequency; Information theory; Mutual information; Pattern recognition; Random variables; Rate distortion theory; Rate-distortion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.87006
  • Filename
    87006
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1385112