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What is Shannon Entropy

Chapter 733
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A measure of the uncertainty in a random variable and quantifies the expected value of the information (in bits) contained in a message.
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Information Physics and Complex Information Systems
Miroslav Svítek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 6
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch733
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Chapter 431
Privacy Preservation in Information Systems
Expected value of information contained in a message.
Published in Chapter: Privacy Preservation in Information Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 381
Advanced Model of Complex Information System
Is a measure of the uncertainty in a random variable and quantifies the expected value of the information (in bits) contained in a message.
Published in Chapter: Advanced Model of Complex Information System; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Significance Estimation in fMRI from Random Matrices
Or information entropy is a measure of the uncertainty associated with a random variable. It quantifies the amount of information conveyed per message.
Published in Chapter: Significance Estimation in fMRI from Random Matrices; From: Handbook of Research on Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Imaging and Biomedical Applications
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