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Universal Relationships in Measures of Unpredictability

Statistics Theory 2009-04-15 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

The predictability of a sequence is defined as the asymptotic performance of the best performing predictor in a given class. The value of the predictability of a sequence will in general depend on the choice of this predictor class. The existence of universal properties of predictability is demonstrated by looking at relationships between different sequences - these relationships hold for any class of predictors satisfying a certain set of axioms.

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@article{arxiv.0904.2014,
  title  = {Universal Relationships in Measures of Unpredictability},
  author = {Finn Macleod and Alexei Pokrovskii and Dima Rachinskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2014},
  year   = {2009}
}
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