Shannon's entropy in exponential families: Statistical applications

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Menendez, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Entropy measure; Exponential model; Shannon's entropy; Testing hypotheses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040433530     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(99)00142-1     Document Type: Article

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