Similarity of Symbol Frequency Distributions with Heavy Tails
Quantifying the similarity between symbolic sequences is a traditional problem in information theory which requires comparing the frequencies of symbols in different sequences. In numerous modern applications, ranging from DNA over music to texts, the distribution of symbol frequencies is characteri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.021009 |