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arxiv: 1310.3713 · v1 · pith:MHRXCBDOnew · submitted 2013-10-14 · 💻 cs.IT · math.IT

Computing the Kullback-Leibler Divergence between two Weibull Distributions

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keywords distributionsdivergencekullback-leiblerweibullclosedcomputingderiveexplicit
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We derive a closed form solution for the Kullback-Leibler divergence between two Weibull distributions. These notes are meant as reference material and intended to provide a guided tour towards a result that is often mentioned but seldom made explicit in the literature.

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