Tsallis Entropy and Generalized Shannon Additivity

The Tsallis entropy given for a positive parameter α can be considered as a generalization of the classical Shannon entropy. For the latter, corresponding to α = 1 , there exist many axiomatic characterizations. One of them based on the well-known Khinchin-Shannon axioms has been simpli...

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Main Authors: Sonja Jäckle, Karsten Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Axioms
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/6/2/14