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Scaled Bregman divergences in a Tsallis scenario

Statistical Mechanics 2015-05-27 v3 Information Theory Mathematical Physics math.IT math.MP

Abstract

There exist two different versions of the Kullback-Leibler divergence (K-Ld) in Tsallis statistics, namely the usual generalized K-Ld and the generalized Bregman K-Ld. Problems have been encountered in trying to reconcile them. A condition for consistency between these two generalized K-Ld-forms by recourse to the additive duality of Tsallis statistics is derived. It is also shown that the usual generalized K-Ld subjected to this additive duality, known as the dual generalized K-Ld, is a scaled Bregman divergence. This leads to an interesting conclusion: the dual generalized mutual information is a scaled Bregman information. The utility and implications of these results are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1101.2190,
  title  = {Scaled Bregman divergences in a Tsallis scenario},
  author = {R. C. Venkatesan and A. Plastino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2190},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages. Iterative corrections