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Keywords:
$f$-divergence; divergence measures in information theory; Jensen’s inequality; Hellinger and triangular discrimination
Summary:
In this paper we establish an upper and a lower bound for the $f$-divergence of two discrete random variables under likelihood ratio constraints in terms of the Kullback-Leibler distance. Some particular cases for Hellinger and triangular discimination, $\chi ^2$-distance and Rényi’s divergences, etc. are also considered.
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