Abstract
An information expression f refers to a linear combination1 of Shannon’s information measures involving a finite number of random variables. For example,
and
are information expressions. An information inequality has the form
where the constant c is usually equal to zero.
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Yeung, R.W. (2002). Information Inequalities. In: A First Course in Information Theory. Information Technology: Transmission, Processing and Storage. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8608-5_12
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