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FisherInformation

  

Fisher information of a distribution

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

FisherInformation(R, N, U)

Parameters

R

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algebraic; a random variable or distribution

N

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algebraic, posint; number of samples

U

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symbol; a distribution parameter

Description

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The FisherInformation function computes the Fisher information of a random variable or a distribution.  The Fisher information is defined as the amount of information conveyed towards the value of a distribution parameter in a particular sample.

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The first parameter R can be a distribution (see Statistics[Distribution]), a random variable, or an algebraic expression involving random variables (see Statistics[RandomVariable]).

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The second parameter N is an algebraic expression or positive integer which indicates the number of samples considered.

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The third parameter U is a symbol which provides a parameter in the distribution for which the Fisher information should be calculated. For example, the distribution  has two parameters ( and ) for which the Fisher information may be calculated.

Examples

Calculate the Fisher information of each term of the normal distribution.

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See Also

Statistics

Statistics[Computation]

 


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