Generalized statistics: yet another generalization

We provide a unifying axiomatics for Rényi's entropy and non-extensive entropy of Tsallis. It is shown that the resulting entropy coincides with Csiszár's measure of directed divergence known from communication theory.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Jizba, Petr ; Arimitsu, Toshihico
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 340.2004, 1, p. 110-116
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Rényi's information entropy \| Tsallis entropy \| Non-extensive entropy

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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