IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 1970 · 324 citations · 10 references
Natural SciencesComputer ScienceMathematicsDecision TheoryInformation TheoryProbability TheoryHypothesis TestingProbability InequalitiesStatistical InferenceChernoff BoundDecision ProblemsDecision Theory Under Partial InformationStatistical Decision Theory
Relationships between the probability of error, the equivocation, and the Chernoff bound are examined for the two-hypothesis decision problem. The effect of rejections on these bounds is derived. Finally, the results are extended to the case of any finite number of hypotheses.
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Information Theory and Reliable Communication
David A. Bell · Electronics and Power · 1969 · 4K citations