An asymptotic lower bound for the entropy of discrete populations with application to the estimation of entropy for approximately uniform populations

DOI10.1007/BF02869536zbMath0151.24204MaRDI QIDQ2525494

Bernard Harris, E. Benton Cobb

Publication date: 1966

Published in: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Shannon entropyentropy of discrete populations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Cites Work

• Determining Bounds on Integrals with Applications to Cataloging Problems

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