Distributed Task Encoding

TL;DR

This paper characterizes the rate region for task encoding of two correlated sources using a new family of dependence measures and introduces a novel expression for the list size moment based on relative alpha-entropy.

Contribution

It introduces a novel parametric family of dependence measures and a new expression for the list size moment in task encoding, advancing theoretical understanding.

Findings

Characterization of the rate region using new dependence measures

Derivation of a new expression for the list size moment

Application of relative alpha-entropy in the converse proof

Abstract

The rate region of the task-encoding problem for two correlated sources is characterized using a novel parametric family of dependence measures. The converse uses a new expression for the $\rho$-th moment of the list size, which is derived using the relative $\alpha$-entropy.