Axiomatic characterizations of the measures of inaccuracy and information

• Kaufman, H. ^[1] ; Rathie, Pushpa N. ^[1]
  1. [1] McGill University

     McGill University

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Collectanea mathematica, ISSN 0010-0757, Vol. 25, Fasc. 2, 1974, págs. 137-144
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this paper, various measures of inaccuracy and information useful to Statistical Estimation, Inference, Coding Theory, market situations, etc. are characterized by a set of suitable postulates in each case. The theory of functional equations is used in deriving the characterization theorems.