Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10480729 Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 2012 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
► A simple description of a transition yields a generalized escort distribution. ► The Rényi divergence and escort-mean values appear as natural by-products. ► The thermodynamic divergence is proportional to Jeffreys' divergence. ► Minimization of a generalized divergence is a natural rationale for inference. ► Optimum distributions are generalized Gaussian distributions.
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