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bavell
1860 days ago
"Entropy" in this context also left me wondering. Perhaps "variance" or "deviation from the mean"?
Thanks for the insights!
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MauranKilom
1860 days ago
Entropy usually boils down to "sum p * log(p) for all p (and possibly normalize)", assuming you have discrete probabilities p. It is not related to variance or mean.
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