MEASURING DEPENDENCE VIA MUTUAL INFORMATION

Considerable research has been done on measuring dependence between random variables. The correlation coefficient is the most widely studied linear measure of dependence. However, the limitation of linearity limits its application. The informational coefficient of correlation is defined in terms of...

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Main Author: LU, SHAN
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6816