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A mathematical quantity designed to measure the amount of randomness of a random variable.
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Looking for derivation of Shannon entropy of binomial distribution
According to Wikipedia, the Shannon entropy of a binomial distribution is $\frac{1}{2}log_2 (2\pi*e* np(1-p)) + O(1/n)$ Does anyone know where I can find a derivation? …
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Got an entropy-ish function for a multinomial distribution? Graph theory and Bayes net related
So how can I adjust the marginal entropy function to represent this? … So I want an entropy function for each directed edge that skews the general Shannon entropy function to this point as a mode, but, you know, is still an entropy function. …