Title :
Information about information
Author :
Savari, Serap ; Winkler, P.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
In a situation where one can obtain probabilistic information about an event, it may also be possible to learn something about the reliability of that information. This “information about information” may not improve one´s guessing position in a single instance, but will help when there are multiple independent trials based on one event. We offer a means of measuring the amount of this elusive type of information, and gauging its effect
Keywords :
error statistics; information theory; probability; telecommunication channels; binary erasure channel; binary symmetric channel; error probability; information about information; information reliability; multiple independent trials; probabilistic information; Error probability; Probability distribution; Random variables;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7123-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2001.935885
