Entropy and the Average Surprise
(2016, original release: 2015)
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2015
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1198240
LANGUAGE
English
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Intuition says we measure information by looking at the length of a message. But Shannon’s information theory starts with something more fundamental: how surprising is the message? Through illuminating examples, discover that entropy provides a measure of the average surprise
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Film
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English