Publication detail

Qusi-Norms for Discrete Probability Distribution Estimation

ŠÁCHA, J. KARPÍŠEK, Z. JURÁK, P.

English title

Qusi-Norms for Discrete Probability Distribution Estimation

Type

Paper in proceedings (conference paper)

Language

en

Original abstract

This article is focused on theorecical and applicational problems with estimation of a discrete probability distributions from observed data. Theoretical aspects come out from minimizing Hellinger, Shannon and Pearson quasi-norm with given constraints. These quasi-norms are based on term of f-divergence of probability distribution. Some examples of applications are shown.

Keywords in English

divergence, quasi-norm, discrete probability distribution estimation

Released

2007-09-20

Publisher

VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava

Location

Ostrava, Czech republic

ISBN

978-80-248-1575-6

Book

Risk, quality and reliability

Pages from–to

179–186

Pages count

7

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT28680,
  author="Jakub {Šácha} and Zdeněk {Karpíšek} and Petr {Jurák}",
  title="Qusi-Norms for Discrete Probability Distribution Estimation",
  booktitle="Risk, quality and reliability",
  year="2007",
  series="1",
  number="1",
  pages="179--186",
  publisher="VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava",
  address="Ostrava, Czech republic",
  isbn="978-80-248-1575-6"
}