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Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volume 40, Issue 1, 5 March 1991, Pages 127-142
Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Generalized information theory

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Abstract

Generalized information theory is viewed in this paper as an information theory that is liberated from the boundaries of probability theory. After overviewing classical (probabilistic) information theory, the paper examines recent developments regarding nonprobabilistic measures and principles of uncertainty-based information, which form a nucleus of the emerging generalized information theory.

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