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