• DocumentCode
    2336686
  • Title

    Large deviations in information theory and statistics

  • Author

    Dembo, Amir

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    27-29 Oct 1994
  • Firstpage
    7
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory and Statistics, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE-IMS Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Alexandria, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2761-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WITS.1994.513851
  • Filename
    513851