shannon.entropy {cummeRbund}R Documentation

Shannon entropy

Description

Calculates the Shannon entropy for a probability distribution

Usage

shannon.entropy(p)

Arguments

p

A vector of probabilities (must sum to ~1)

Details

None

Value

Returns a numeric value for the Shannon entropy of the supplied probability distribution

Note

None

Author(s)

Loyal A. Goff

References

None

Examples

	x<-sample(1:500,50)
	p<-x/sum(x)
	shannon.entropy(p)

[Package cummeRbund version 2.24.0 Index]