Rényi information ordering conjecture for ranked set samples

Let α>1\alpha>1 and let nNn\in\mathbb{N}. Write Hα(XRSS){\rm H}_{\alpha}(\textbf{X}_{RSS}), Hα(XRSS){\rm H}_{\alpha}(\textbf{X}^*_{RSS}), and Hα(XSRS){\rm H}_{\alpha}(\textbf{X}_{SRS}) for the Rényi information measures of perfect ranked set sampling, imperfect ranked set sampling, and simple random sampling data, respectively. Rényi information ordering conjecture. For any α>1\alpha>1 and all nNn\in\mathbb{N}, one has

Hα(XRSS)Hα(XRSS)Hα(XSRS).{\rm H}_{\alpha}(\textbf{X}_{RSS}) \leq {\rm H}_{\alpha}(\textbf{X}^*_{RSS})\leq {\rm H}_{\alpha}(\textbf{X}_{SRS}).

The analogous ordering is proved in the paper for 0<α<10<\alpha<1, while the case α>1\alpha>1 remains unsolved; examples are given in support of the conjecture.

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Mohammad Jafari Jozani and Jafar Ahmadi, “On uncertainty and information properties of ranked set samples”, arXiv:1301.4292 (2013).

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