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We argue that the construction of a general (non-specific) theory of pragmatic uncertainty measures is a dubious undertaking. To make our point we discuss fractional entropy, a measure introduced in the specific context of cryptography. Two new properties of fractional entropy are proved.
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Longo, G., Sgarro, A. (1991). A pragmatic way out of the maze of uncertainty measures. In: Bouchon-Meunier, B., Yager, R.R., Zadeh, L.A. (eds) Uncertainty in Knowledge Bases. IPMU 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 521. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0028123
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