Chernoff information upper bounds the probability of error of the optimal Bayesian decision rule for 2-class classification problems. However, it turns out that in practice the Chernoff bound is hard to calculate or even approximate. In statistics, many usual distributions, such as Gaussians, Poissons or frequency histograms called multinomials, can be handled in the unified framework of expone...

Wild juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were individually marked in October 1990 and 1991 to evaluate the effects of habitat complexity and fish size on over-winter survival in Big Beef Creek, Washington. Habitat complexity was quantified for the habitat unit where the fish were collected and, in 1991, also for the 500-m reach downstream from the collection site. Survival, estimated fr...