• mathematical theory of probability, the entropy rate or source information rate is a function assigning an entropy to a stochastic process. For a strongly...
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    In information theory, the entropy of a random variable quantifies the average level of uncertainty or information associated with the variable's potential...
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  • } where H b {\displaystyle H_{b}} denotes the binary entropy function. Plot of the rate-distortion function for p = 0.5 {\displaystyle p=0.5} : Suppose...
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  • In information theory, the cross-entropy between two probability distributions p {\displaystyle p} and q {\displaystyle q} , over the same underlying...
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    In information theory, the conditional entropy quantifies the amount of information needed to describe the outcome of a random variable Y {\displaystyle...
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    Entropy is a scientific concept, most commonly associated with states of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty. The term and the concept are used in diverse...
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  • information theory. Information rate is the average entropy per symbol. For memoryless sources, this is merely the entropy of each symbol, while, in the...
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    information theory, joint entropy is a measure of the uncertainty associated with a set of variables. The joint Shannon entropy (in bits) of two discrete...
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    exactly 2 for no redundancy), the Y chromosome's entropy rate is only 0.84. From the definition of entropy rate, the Y chromosome has a much lower information...
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  • for lossless data compression is the source information rate, also known as the entropy rate. The bitrates in this section are approximately the minimum...
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  • In statistics and information theory, a maximum entropy probability distribution has entropy that is at least as great as that of all other members of...
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    Entropy production (or generation) is the amount of entropy which is produced during heat process to evaluate the efficiency of the process. Entropy is...
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  • Maximum entropy spectral estimation is a method of spectral density estimation. The goal is to improve the spectral quality based on the principle of...
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  • h(X)} with probability 1. Here h ( X ) {\textstyle h(X)} is the entropy rate of the source. Similar theorems apply to other versions of LZ algorithm...
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  • Differential entropy (also referred to as continuous entropy) is a concept in information theory that began as an attempt by Claude Shannon to extend...
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    it is synonymous with net bit rate or useful bit rate exclusive of error-correction codes. Entropy rate Information rate Punctured code Huffman, W. Cary...
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  • distribution of outgoing edges, locally maximizing entropy rate, MERW maximizes it globally (average entropy production) by sampling a uniform probability...
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  • ( X ) {\displaystyle H(X)} or simply H {\displaystyle H} denotes the entropy rate of X {\displaystyle X} , which must exist for all discrete-time stationary...
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  • Rényi entropy is a quantity that generalizes various notions of entropy, including Hartley entropy, Shannon entropy, collision entropy, and min-entropy. The...
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    variable. The concept of mutual information is intimately linked to that of entropy of a random variable, a fundamental notion in information theory that quantifies...
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    where H b {\displaystyle H_{b}} is the binary entropy function (not to be confused with the entropy rate). The Kolmogorov complexity function is equivalent...
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  • contributions to the entropy are always present, because crystals always grow at a finite rate and at temperature. However, the residual entropy is often quite...
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    signal. Entropy Entropy production Entropy rate History of entropy Entropy of mixing Entropy (information theory) Entropy (computing) Entropy (energy dispersal)...
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  • of raw data, the rate of a source of information is the average entropy per symbol. For memoryless sources, this is merely the entropy of each symbol,...
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  • Look up entropy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Entropy is a scientific concept that is most commonly associated with a state of disorder, randomness...
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  • compress such data such that the code rate (average number of bits per symbol) is less than the Shannon entropy of the source, without it being virtually...
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  • crucial role in the construction of the measure-theoretic entropy of a dynamical system. The entropy of a partition Q {\displaystyle {\mathcal {Q}}} is defined...
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    wavelet entropies are obtained using the definition of entropy given by Shannon. Given the complexity of the mechanisms regulating heart rate, it is reasonable...
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    High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are alloys that are formed by mixing equal or relatively large proportions of (usually) five or more elements. Prior to the...
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    [citation needed] The multiagent random walk. Random walk chosen to maximize entropy rate, has much stronger localization properties. Random walks where the direction...
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