Novelty, Information and Surprise (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2022)

This revised edition offers an approach to information theory that is more general than the classical approach of Shannon. Classically, information is defined for an alphabet of symbols or for a set of mutually exclusive propositions (a partition of the probability space ) with corresponding probabilities adding up to 1. The new definition is given for an arbitrary cover of , i.e. for a set of possibly overlapping propositions. The generalized information concept is called novelty and it is accompanied by two concepts derived from it, designated as information and surprise, which describe "opposite" versions of novelty, information being related more to classical information theory and surprise being related more to the classical concept of statistical significance. In the discussion of these three concepts and their interrelations several properties or classes of covers are defined, which turn out to be lattices. The book also presents applications of these concepts, mostly in statistics and in neuroscience.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Information Science and Statistics
Release date:	2023
First published:	2022
Authors:	G unther Palm
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	293
Edition:	2nd ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-662-65874-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Pattern recognition Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Mathematics for scientists & engineers Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > General Promotions
LSN:	3-662-65874-7
Barcode:	9783662658741

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