Title :
Non-parametric threshold decision, covering, and some consequences
Author :
Hashimoto, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We define a non-parametric form of threshold decision and show that the new form naturally leads to a covering theorem and its converse. This covering theorem gives us a key to find interrelationships between several erasure criteria
Keywords :
channel coding; decision theory; information theory; nonparametric statistics; covering theorem; discrete memoryless channel; erasure criteria; nonparametric form; threshold decision; Codes; Decoding; Information theory; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5000-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1998.708820
