Research Letters in Signal Processing
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 790607, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/790607
Research Letter

Generalized Cumulative Residual Entropy for Distributions with Unrestricted Supports

Noomane Drissi, Thierry Chonavel, and Jean Marc Boucher

Lab-STICC (CNRS FRE 3167), Institut Telecom, Telecom Bretagne, Technopole Brest Iroise, CS 83818, 29238 Brest Cédex, France

Received 6 April 2008; Accepted 19 June 2008

Academic Editor: Andreas Jakobsson

Copyright © 2008 Noomane Drissi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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