A Possible Extension of Shannon's Information Theory

A Possible Extension of Shannon's Information Theory

Abstract: As a possible generalization of Shannon's information theory, we review the formalism based on the non-logarithmic information content parametrized by a real number q, which exhibits nonadditivity of the associated uncertainty. Moreover it is shown that the establishment of the concep...

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Main Author: Takuya Yamano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2001-11-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
information theory
Tsallis entropy
nonadditivity
source coding theorem
mutual information
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/3/4/280/

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