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| author | Grootveld, Arick Chen, Biao Gandikota, Venkata |
| author_facet | Grootveld, Arick Chen, Biao Gandikota, Venkata |
| contents | In this work, we revisit the one- and two-sample testing problems: binary hypothesis testing in which one or both distributions are unknown. For the one-sample test, we provide a more streamlined proof of the asymptotic optimality of Hoeffding's likelihood ratio test, which is equivalent to the threshold test of the relative entropy between the empirical distribution and the nominal distribution. The new proof offers an intuitive interpretation and naturally extends to the two-sample test where we show that a similar form of Hoeffding's test, namely a threshold test of the relative entropy between the two empirical distributions is also asymptotically optimal. A strong converse for the two-sample test is also obtained. |
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| spellingShingle | Asymptotically Optimal Tests for One- and Two-Sample Problems Grootveld, Arick Chen, Biao Gandikota, Venkata Information Theory In this work, we revisit the one- and two-sample testing problems: binary hypothesis testing in which one or both distributions are unknown. For the one-sample test, we provide a more streamlined proof of the asymptotic optimality of Hoeffding's likelihood ratio test, which is equivalent to the threshold test of the relative entropy between the empirical distribution and the nominal distribution. The new proof offers an intuitive interpretation and naturally extends to the two-sample test where we show that a similar form of Hoeffding's test, namely a threshold test of the relative entropy between the two empirical distributions is also asymptotically optimal. A strong converse for the two-sample test is also obtained. |
| title | Asymptotically Optimal Tests for One- and Two-Sample Problems |
| topic | Information Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11727 |