Title :
Information theory and statistics
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Stat., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
The main theorems in information theory and statistics are put in context, the differences are discussed, and some of the open research problems are mentioned. The author demonstrates some of the points of intersection of information theory and statistics, and discuss some problems in physics and computer science that require a rigorous probabilistic treatment
Keywords :
information theory; probability; statistics; Information theory; computer science; physics; probability; research problems; statistics; Convergence; Entropy; Information theory; Markov processes; Physics; Probability; Random processes; Signal processing; Statistics; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory and Statistics, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE-IMS Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2761-6
DOI :
10.1109/WITS.1994.513846
