Entropy

wy Lv3

Information theory (Shannon)

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Information provides an answer to a question (eg. whether a coin will land heads or tails).

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The information conveyed by a message x depends on its probability p(x) and can be measured in bits (using log base 2).

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Shannon’s definition of information

Entropy

  • Title: Entropy
  • Author: wy
  • Created at : 2023-06-21 03:29:05
  • Updated at : 2023-07-07 02:49:37
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