Concepts and Recent Advances in Generalized Information Measures and Statistics.
Since the introduction of the information measure widely known as Shannon entropy, quantifiers based on information theory and concepts such as entropic forms and statistical complexities have proven to be useful in diverse scientific research fields. This book contains introductory tutorials suitab...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bentham Science Publishers,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Since the introduction of the information measure widely known as Shannon entropy, quantifiers based on information theory and concepts such as entropic forms and statistical complexities have proven to be useful in diverse scientific research fields. This book contains introductory tutorials suitable for the general reader, together with chapters dedicated to the basic concepts of the most frequently employed information measures or quantifiers and their recent applications to different areas, including physics, biology, medicine, economics, communication and social sciences. As these quantif. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (432 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781608057603 1608057607 1608057615 9781608057610 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
