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On a characterization of information improvement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Abstract
The object of this paper is to characterize an information theoretic measure associated with three probability distributions known as ‘Information Improvement’ through a functional equation which arises by considering the additive property of the measure. This measure has been extensively used in economic analysis.
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