• DocumentCode
    187595
  • Title

    An optimal varentropy bound for log-concave distributions

  • Author

    Madiman, Mokshay ; Liyao Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math. Sci., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    22-25 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    A sharp uniform bound is obtained for the varentropy of the class of log-concave distributions. In particular, this yields the optimal strengthening of the equipartition property for such distributions recently proved by Bobkov and the first-named author.
  • Keywords
    concave programming; statistical distributions; equipartition property; log-concave distributions; optimal varentropy; sharp uniform bound; Density measurement; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Joints; Physics; Random variables; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bangalore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4666-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SPCOM.2014.6983953
  • Filename
    6983953
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=187595