Classical and Nonextensive Information Theory

2003/06/26 by Gilson A. Giraldi, Gilson Antonio Giraldi, Giraldi, Gilson Antonio
Computer Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Statistical Methods and Models #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #cs.GL

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0306132

6 pages without figures

arxiv created 2003/06/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

In this work we firstly review some results in Classical Information Theory. Next, we try to generalize these results by using the Tsallis entropy. We present a preliminary result and discuss our aims in this field.

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