Total variation distance and the distribution of relative information

Sergio Verdú

doi:10.1109/ITA.2014.6804281

Total variation distance and the distribution of relative information

Sergio Verdú

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We give explicit expressions, upper and lower bounds on the total variation distance between P and Q in terms of the distribution of the random variables log dP/dQ (X) and log dP/dQ(Y), where X and Y are distributed according to P and Q respectively.

Original language	English (US)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITA.2014.6804281
State	Published - 2014
Event	2014 IEEE Information Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2014 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Feb 9 2014 → Feb 14 2014

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Other	2014 IEEE Information Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	2/9/14 → 2/14/14

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Computer Science Applications
Information Systems

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Total variation distance and the distribution of relative information

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