DocumentCode
3273782
Title
Information about information
Author
Savari, Serap ; Winkler, P.
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
22
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Theory, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7123-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISIT.2001.935885
Filename
935885
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