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Minimum cross-entropy distributions on Wasserstein balls and their applications

Optimization and Control 2021-06-08 v1 Probability

Abstract

Given a prior probability density pp on a compact set KK we characterize the probability distribution qδq_{\delta}^* on KK contained in a Wasserstein ball Bδ(μ)B_{\delta}(\mu) centered in a given discrete measure μ\mu for which the relative-entropy H(q,p)H(q,p) achieves its minimum. This characterization gives us an algorithm for computing such distributions efficiently

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@article{arxiv.2106.03226,
  title  = {Minimum cross-entropy distributions on Wasserstein balls and their applications},
  author = {Luis Felipe Vargas and Mauricio Velasco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.03226},
  year   = {2021}
}