Title :
Large deviations in information theory and statistics
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Large deviations theory, a branch of probability theory that deals with estimates of probabilities of very rare events has close links with topics in information theory and in statistics. Some of these connections are explored
Keywords :
information theory; probability; statistics; information theory; large deviations theory; probability theory; statistics; very rare events; Convergence; Entropy; Error analysis; Extraterrestrial measurements; Information theory; Probability distribution; Random variables; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Testing;
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.1994.513851
