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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2005)

Articles 3rd Edition of DTR Apr 2005 – Sept 2005
DOI 10.65301/dias.2005.2.1.1056

Fano’s Inequality for Probability based on Renyl’s Information

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Published 2005-04-30
Pages 58-63
Abstract

An upper bound to error probability has been presented in terms of Shannon entropy [6]. In this paper, we obtain Fano's bound for probability based on Renyi's entropy [5]. Further, lower bound for average probability of error is calculated in terms of channel capacity.

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