Informational divergence and the dissimilarity of probability distributions

DOI10.1007/BF02576360zbMath0486.62006MaRDI QIDQ1164917

Andrea Sgarro

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Calcolo (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

symmetrypositivityseparation measuredissimilarity coefficientinformational divergenceKullback measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10)

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