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On Enumerating Distributions for Associated Vectors in the Entropy Space

Information Theory 2018-07-24 v1 math.IT

Abstract

This paper focuses on the problem of finding a distribution for an associated entropic vector in the entropy space nearest to a given, possibly non-entropic, target vector for random variables with a constraint on alphabet size. We show the feasibility to find distribution for associated vector via a sequence of perturbations in the probability mass function. Then we present an algorithm for numerically solving the problem together with extensions, applications, and comparison with the known results.

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@article{arxiv.1807.08573,
  title  = {On Enumerating Distributions for Associated Vectors in the Entropy Space},
  author = {Sultan Alam and Satyajit Thakor and Syed Abbas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.08573},
  year   = {2018}
}

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ISITA2018, extended version

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