| Journal: | Polibits |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000374514 |
| ISSN: | 1870-9044 |
| Authors: | Sundgren, David1 Karlsson, Alexander2 |
| Institutions: | 1Stockholm University, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Estocolmo. Suecia 2University of Skovde, Informatics Research Center, Skovde. Suecia |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Season: | Jul-Dic |
| Number: | 48 |
| Pages: | 5-11 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Aplicado, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Since second-order probability distributions assign probabilities to probabilities there is uncertainty on two levels. Although different types of uncertainty have been distinguished before and corresponding measures suggested, the distinction made here between first- and second-order levels of uncertainty has not been considered before. In this paper previously existing measures are considered from the perspective of first- and second-order uncertainty and new measures are introduced. We conclude that the concepts of uncertainty and informativeness needs to be qualified if used in a second-order probability context and suggest that from a certain point of view information can not be minimized, just shifted from one level to another |
| Disciplines: | Ciencias de la computación, Matemáticas |
| Keyword: | Matemáticas aplicadas, Entropía, Incertidumbre, Probabilidad de segundo orden |
| Keyword: | Computer science, Mathematics, Applied mathematics, Entropy, Uncertainty, Second order probability |
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