Detection, decision, and missing information

Amnon Meisels

doi:10.1016/0020-0255(85)90007-6

Detection, decision, and missing information

Amnon Meisels

Department of Computer Science

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A new, objective approach for optimal decision regarding signal detection is constructed. Deciding whether some data point is a signal changes the amount of missing information in the data via a feedback mechanism. By minimizing the amount of missing information in the objects one is interested in, one arrives at the optimal decision. This optimal decision is dictated by the data, in fact by the noise, or "background." In a computer experiment, with Gaussian noise, the scheme works. A minimum for the missing information exists, and an optimal decision can be made. A connection between the present approach and entropy on fuzzy sets is shown.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-106
Number of pages	12
Journal	Information Sciences
Volume	37
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-0255(85)90007-6
State	Published - 1 Jan 1985

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Software
Control and Systems Engineering
Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science Applications
Information Systems and Management
Artificial Intelligence

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