DocumentCode :
3068202
Title :
Entropy measures vs. algorithmic information
Author :
Teixeira, Andreia ; Souto, André ; Matos, Armando ; Antunes, Luís
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Univ. do Porto, Porto, Portugal
fYear :
2010
fDate :
13-18 June 2010
Firstpage :
1413
Lastpage :
1417
Abstract :
Algorithmic entropy and Shannon entropy are two conceptually different information measures, as the former is based on size of programs and the later in probability distributions. However, it is known that, for any recursive probability distribution, the expected value of algorithmic entropy equals its Shannon entropy, up to a constant that depends only on the distribution. We study if a similar relationship holds for Rényi and Tsallis entropies of order α, showing that it only holds for Rényi and Tsallis entropies of order 1 (i.e., for Shannon entropy). Regarding a time bounded analogue relationship, we show that, for distributions such that the cumulative probability distribution is computable in time t(n), the expected value of time-bounded algorithmic entropy (where the alloted time is nt(n) log(nt(n))) is in the same range as the unbounded version. So, for these distributions, Shannon entropy captures the notion of computationally accessible information. We prove that, for universal time-bounded distribution mt(x), Tsallis and Rényi entropies converge if and only if a is greater than 1.
Keywords :
entropy; information theory; probability; recursive estimation; algorithmic information; cumulative probability distribution; entropy measures; recursive probability distribution; time-bounded algorithmic entropy; time-bounded distribution; Analog computers; Convergence; Distributed computing; Entropy; Power measurement; Probability distribution; Random variables; Size measurement; Telecommunications; Turing machines;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7890-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7891-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2010.5513643
Filename :
5513643
Link To Document :
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