Shannon's Entropy H(X)
Compute the Shannon's Entropy H(X) = - ∑ P(X) * log2(P(X)) based on a given probability vector P(X).
H(x, unit = "log2")
x |
a numeric probability vector P(X) for which Shannon's Entropy H(X) shall be computed. |
unit |
a character string specifying the logarithm unit that shall be used to compute distances that depend on log computations. |
This function might be useful to fastly compute Shannon's Entropy for any given probability vector.
a numeric value representing Shannon's Entropy in bit.
Hajk-Georg Drost
Shannon, Claude E. 1948. "A Mathematical Theory of Communication". Bell System Technical Journal 27 (3): 379-423.
H(1:10/sum(1:10))
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