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conference paper
Variational Characterizations of Sibson's α-Mutual Information
2024
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
Sibson's α-mutual information has received renewed attention recently in several contexts: concentration of measure under dependence, statistical learning, hypothesis testing, and estimation theory. In this work, we introduce several variational representations of Sibson's α-mutual information: 1) as a supremum over joint distributions of (a combination of) KL divergences; and 2) as a supremum over functions of opportune expected values. Leveraging them, we produce a variety of novel and known results, including a generalization of transportation-cost inequalities and Fano's inequality.
Type
conference paper
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85202875159
Author(s)
Date Issued
2024
Journal
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISBN of the book
9798350382846
Start page
2110
End page
2115
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
Event name | Event acronym | Event place | Event date |
Athens, Greece | 2024-07-07 - 2024-07-12 | ||
Available on Infoscience
January 26, 2025
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