Rényi entropy and complexity measure for skew-gaussian distributions and related families

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Abstract

In this paper, we provide the Rényi entropy and complexity measure for a novel, flexible class of skew-gaussian distributions and their related families, as a characteristic form of the skew-gaussian Shannon entropy. We give closed expressions considering a more general class of closed skew-gaussian distributions and the weighted moments estimation method. In addition, closed expressions of Rényi entropy are presented for extended skew-gaussian and truncated skew-gaussian distributions. Finally, additional inequalities for skew-gaussian and extended skew-gaussian Rényi and Shannon entropies are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)84-91
Number of pages8
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume433
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Complexity
  • Jensen's inequality
  • Rényi entropy
  • Skew-gaussian
  • Weighted moments

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