Entropy and Its Discontents: A Note on Definitions

The routine definitions of Shannon entropy for both discrete and continuous probability laws show inconsistencies that make them not reciprocally coherent. We propose a few possible modifications of these quantities so that: (1) they no longer show incongruities; and (2) they go one into the other i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicola Cufaro Petroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/7/4044