environment variable is a user-definable value that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. Environment variables are part of...

Variable data printing (VDP) (also known as variable information printing (VIP) or variable imaging (VI)) is a form of digital printing, including on-demand...

Continuous-variable (CV) quantum information is the area of quantum information science that makes use of physical observables, like the strength of an...

theory and information theory, the mutual information (MI) of two random variables is a measure of the mutual dependence between the two variables. More specifically...

In information theory, the entropy of a random variable quantifies the average level of uncertainty or information associated with the variable's potential...

random variable. The Shannon information is closely related to entropy, which is the expected value of the self-information of a random variable, quantifying...

exact information it represents. The identifier in computer source code can be bound to a value during run time, and the value of the variable may thus...

electronic devices. Information technology as a field emphasizes the secure management of large amounts of variable information and its accessibility...

Information flow in an information theoretical context is the transfer of information from a variable x {\displaystyle x} to a variable y {\displaystyle...

probability theory and information theory, the interaction information is a generalization of the mutual information for more than two variables. There are many...

variables. Information theory can quantify the amount of information a single source variable X 1 {\displaystyle X_{1}} has about a target variable Y...

In information theory, the conditional entropy quantifies the amount of information needed to describe the outcome of a random variable Y {\displaystyle...

complex random variables are found in digital signal processing, quadrature amplitude modulation and information theory. A complex random variable Z {\displaystyle...

A control variable (or scientific constant) in scientific experimentation is an experimental element which is constant (controlled) and unchanged throughout...

determinists reconciled with this behavior using hidden variable theories, which argued that the information necessary to predict the future of a function must...

variable with a set of variables, usually a subset is enough, and other variables are useless. Such a subset that contains all the useful information...

DeLone, W. H.; McLean, E. R. (1992). "Information systems success: the quest for the dependent variable". Information Systems Research. 3 (1): 60–95. doi:10...

key measure in information theory is entropy. Entropy quantifies the amount of uncertainty involved in the value of a random variable or the outcome of...

value of the mutual information of two random variables given the value of a third. For random variables X {\displaystyle X} , Y {\displaystyle Y} , and...

or simply SSA) is a type of intermediate representation (IR) where each variable is assigned exactly once. SSA is used in most high-quality optimizing compilers...

drop-on-demand, and digital halftone proofers; workflow management software; variable information workflow systems; and computer-to-film and computer-to-plate devices...

class variable is a variable defined in a class of which a single copy exists, regardless of how many instances of the class exist. A class variable is not...

A random variable (also called random quantity, aleatory variable, or stochastic variable) is a mathematical formalization of a quantity or object which...

logic, a propositional variable (also called a sentence letter, sentential variable, or sentential letter) is an input variable (that can either be true...

this variable given the other one. The information gain of a random variable X {\displaystyle X} obtained from an observation of a random variable A {\displaystyle...

A visual variable, in cartographic design, graphic design, and data visualization, is an aspect of a graphical object that can visually differentiate it...

mathematical statistics, the Fisher information is a way of measuring the amount of information that an observable random variable X carries about an unknown parameter...

processes in probability theory and statistics, a nuisance variable is a random variable that is fundamental to the probabilistic model, but that is...

members do not communicate or who only process information. Information processing (Dependent Variable) Information processing can be called “passive communication...

a variable, which may have different representations, where the color code type should match the variable type: Categorical variable – the variable may...