Generalized statistics: yet another generalization

Petr Jizba and Toshihico Arimitsu

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 340, issue 1, 110-116

Abstract: We provide a unifying axiomatics for Rényi's entropy and non-extensive entropy of Tsallis. It is shown that the resulting entropy coincides with Csiszár's measure of directed divergence known from communication theory.

Keywords: Rényi's information entropy; Tsallis entropy; Non-extensive entropy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.085

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