Universal Relationships in Measures of Unpredictability
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چکیده
The predictability of a sequence is defined as the asymptotic performance of the best performing predictor in a given class. The value of the predictability of a sequence will in general depend on the choice of this predictor class. The existence of universal properties of predictability is demonstrated by looking at relationships between different sequences these relationships hold for any class of predictors satisfying a certain set of axioms.
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