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D-Optimal designs for estimating parameters of response models are derived by maximizing the determinant of the Fisher information matrix. For non-linear models, the Fisher information matrix depends on the unknown parameter vector of…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-01-16 Suvrojit Ghosh , Koulik Khamaru , Tirthankar Dasgupta

This short note reviews so-called Natural Gradient Descent (NGD) for multivariate Gaussians. The Fisher Information Matrix (FIM) is derived for several different parameterizations of Gaussians. Careful attention is paid to the symmetric…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-10-20 Timothy D. Barfoot

A relationship between the Fisher information and the characteristic function is established with the help of two inequalities. A necessary and sufficient condition for equality is found. These results are used to determine the asymptotic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-07-12 Cihan Tepedelenlioglu , Mahesh K. Banavar , Andreas Spanias

Lower bounds for the average probability of error of estimating a hidden variable X given an observation of a correlated random variable Y, and Fano's inequality in particular, play a central role in information theory. In this paper, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-08 Flavio du Pin Calmon , Mayank Varia , Muriel Médard , Mark M. Christiansen , Ken R. Duffy , Stefano Tessaro

Information divergence functions play a critical role in statistics and information theory. In this paper we show that a non-parametric f-divergence measure can be used to provide improved bounds on the minimum binary classification…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-11 Visar Berisha , Alan Wisler , Alfred O. Hero , Andreas Spanias

The Bayesian and Akaike information criteria aim at finding a good balance between under- and over-fitting. They are extensively used every day by practitioners. Yet we contend they suffer from at least two afflictions: their penalty…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-20 Sylvain Sardy , Maxime van Cutsem , Sara van de Geer

The Quantum Fisher Information (QFI) plays a crucial role in quantum information theory and in many practical applications such as quantum metrology. However, computing the QFI is generally a computationally demanding task. In this work we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-25 M. Cerezo , Akira Sone , Jacob L. Beckey , Patrick J. Coles

Starting with the relative entropy based on a previously proposed entropy function $S_q[p]=\int dx p(x)(-\ln p(x))^q$, we find the corresponding Fisher's information measure. After function redefinition we then maximize the Fisher…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Marcelo R. Ubriaco

The problem of estimating multiple loss parameters of an optical system using the most general ancilla-assisted parallel strategy is solved under energy constraints. An upper bound on the quantum Fisher information matrix is derived…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-12 Ranjith Nair

This paper proposes an alternative approach for constructing invariant Jeffreys prior distributions tailored for hierarchical or multilevel models. In particular, our proposal is based on a flexible decomposition of the Fisher information…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-29 Thaís C. O. Fonseca , Helio S. Migon , Heudson Mirandola

The quantum Fisher information, the quantum analogue of the classical Fisher information, is a central quantity in quantum metrology and quantum sensing due to its connection to parameter estimation and fidelity susceptibility. Using…

We consider the problem of parameter estimation in a Bayesian setting and propose a general lower-bound that includes part of the family of $f$-Divergences. The results are then applied to specific settings of interest and compared to other…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Adrien Vandenbroucque , Amedeo Roberto Esposito , Michael Gastpar

Simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters is required in many practical applications. A lower bound on the variance of simultaneous estimation is given by the quantum Fisher information matrix. This lower bound is, however, not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Shingo Kukita

We derive an approximate expression for mutual information in a broad class of discrete-time stationary channels with continuous input, under the constraint of vanishing input amplitude or power. The approximation describes the input by its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-19 Lubomir Kostal

For a known weak signal in additive white noise, the asymptotic performance of a locally optimum processor (LOP) is shown to be given by the Fisher information (FI) of a standardized even probability density function (PDF) of noise in three…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2011-11-28 Fabing Duan , Francois Chapeau-Blondeau , Derek Abbott

The subjects of the paper are the likelihood method (LM) and the expected Fisher information (FI) considered from the point od view of the construction of the physical models which originate in the statistical description of phenomena. The…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2013-10-08 E. W. Piotrowski , J. Sladkowski , J. Syska , S. Zajac

In recent years forecasting activities have become a very important tool for designing and optimising large scale structure surveys. To predict the performance of such surveys, the Fisher matrix formalism is frequently used as a fast and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 S. Yahia-Cherif , A. Blanchard , S. Camera , S. Ilić , K. Markovič , A. Pourtsidou , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , I. Tutusaus

Recent advances in statistical learning theory have revealed profound connections between mutual information (MI) bounds, PAC-Bayesian theory, and Bayesian nonparametrics. This work introduces a novel mutual information bound for…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-18 El Mahdi Khribch , Pierre Alquier

Mixture-of-Experts models are commonly used when there exist distinct clusters with different relationships between the independent and dependent variables. Fitting such models for large datasets, however, is computationally virtually…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-09-06 Yanxi Liu , John Stufken , Min Yang

Analyzing time series data is crucial to a wide spectrum of applications, including economics, online marketplaces, and human healthcare. In particular, time series classification plays an indispensable role in segmenting different phases…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Xiwen Chen , Wenhui Zhu , Peijie Qiu , Hao Wang , Huayu Li , Zihan Li , Yalin Wang , Aristeidis Sotiras , Abolfazl Razi