Category:Uncertainty
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This category contains results about Uncertainty.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Uncertainty.
Let $X$ be a discrete random variable.
Let $X$ take a finite number of values with probabilities $p_1, p_2, \dotsc, p_n$.
The uncertainty of $X$ is defined to be:
- $\map H X = \ds -\sum_k p_k \lg p_k$
where:
- $\lg$ denotes logarithm base $2$
- the summation is over those $k$ where $p_k > 0$.
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Pages in category "Uncertainty"
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