Title :
A Lower Bound for the Fisher Information Measure
Author :
Stein, Manuel ; Mezghani, Amine ; Nossek, Josef A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Circuit Theor. & Signal Process., Tech. Univ. Munchen, München, Germany
Abstract :
The problem how to approximately determine the value of the Fisher information measure for a general parametric probabilistic system is considered. Having available the first and second moment of the system output in a parametric form, it is shown that the information measure can be bounded from below through a replacement of the original system by a Gaussian system with equivalent moments. The presented technique is applied to a system of practical importance and the potential quality of the bound is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; estimation theory; information theory; nonlinear systems; probability; Fisher information measure; Gaussian system; equivalent moments; general parametric probabilistic system; lower bound; original system replacement; Additive noise; Additives; Estimation theory; Mathematical model; Probabilistic logic; Estimation theory; minimum Fisher information; non-linear systems;
Journal_Title :
Signal Processing Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LSP.2014.2316008