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On the State of the Art of Info-metrics

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Uncertainty Analysis in Econometrics with Applications

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 200))

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Info-metrics is the science and practice of inference and quantitatively processing information. In this paper I provide a brief discussion of the state of info-metrics. After defining and discussing the concept of information and types of information I relate these concepts to information processing and data analysis. The connection between info-metrics and the class of information-theoretic methods of inference is discussed here as well. The discussion concludes with a partial list of open questions in info-metrics.

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  1. Info-Metric Institute and Department of Economics, American University, Washington, DC, USA

    Amos Golan

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  1. Science and Technology, School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of, Asahidai, Nomi 1-1, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan

    Van-Nam Huynh

  2. , Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, W. University 500, El Paso, 79968, Texas, USA

    Vladik Kreinovich

  3. , Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Chinag Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Songsak Sriboonchitta

  4. , Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Chinag Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Komsan Suriya

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Golan, A. (2013). On the State of the Art of Info-metrics. In: Huynh, VN., Kreinovich, V., Sriboonchitta, S., Suriya, K. (eds) Uncertainty Analysis in Econometrics with Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 200. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35443-4_1

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