We introduce a relative variant of information loss to characterize the behavior of deterministic input-output systems. We show that the relative loss is closely related to Rényi’s information dimension. We provide an upper bound for continuous input random variables and an exact result for a class of functions (comprising quantizers) with infinite absolute information loss. A connection betwee...

In this chapter, I examine whether information ethics is culture relative. If it is, different approaches to information ethics are required in different cultures and societies. This would have major implications for the current, predominantly Western approach to information ethics. If it is not, there must be concepts and principles of information ethics that have universal validity. What woul...

There is considerable concern in the numerical weather prediction (NWP) community that the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) is merely being built to the noise specifications of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS). Since the AMSU/MHS have greatly exceeded the noise specification, the NWP community is worried that the ATMS in fact would...

Various researches have been carried out about benefits of accounting information and their influence on decision making of financial statements users. For example, many researches have examined the relationship between accounting variables and stock returns or stock price. This study determines and compares the relative and incremental content of accounting variables, too. For this purpose, th...