Algorithmic statistics

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2001-09-01Publisher Version
10.1109/18.945257Author(s)
Gacs, Peter
Tromp, J.T.
Vitanyi, P.M.B.
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P Gacs, JT Tromp, PMB Vitanyi. 2001. "Algorithmic statistics." IEEE Transactions On Information Theory, Volume 47, Issue 6, pp. 2443 - 2463 (21).Abstract
While Kolmogorov (1965, 1983) complexity is the accepted absolute measure of information content of an individual finite object, a similarly absolute notion is needed for the relation between an individual data sample and an individual model summarizing the information in the data, for example, a finite set (or probability distribution) where the data sample typically came from. The statistical theory based on such relations between individual objects can be called algorithmic statistics, in contrast to classical statistical theory that deals with relations between probabilistic ensembles. We develop the algorithmic theory of statistic, sufficient statistic, and minimal sufficient statistic. This theory is based on two-part codes consisting of the code for the statistic (the model summarizing the regularity, the meaningful information, in the data) and the model-to-data code. In contrast to the situation in probabilistic statistical theory, the algorithmic relation of (minimal) sufficiency is an absolute relation between the individual model and the individual data sample. We distinguish implicit and explicit descriptions of the models. We give characterizations of algorithmic (Kolmogorov) minimal sufficient statistic for all data samples for both description modes-in the explicit mode under some constraints. We also strengthen and elaborate on earlier results for the "Kolmogorov structure function" and "absolutely nonstochastic objects"-those objects for which the simplest models that summarize their relevant information (minimal sufficient statistics) are at least as complex as the objects themselves. We demonstrate a close relation between the probabilistic notions and the algorithmic ones: (i) in both cases there is an "information non-increase" law; (ii) it is shown that a function is a probabilistic sufficient statistic iff it is with high probability (in an appropriate sense) an algorithmic sufficient statistic.
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