MeasuresEntropy Method (Double, FuncDouble, Double)

Computes the entropy function for a set of numerical values in a given Probability Density Function (pdf).

Namespace: Accord.Statistics
Assembly: Accord.Math (in Accord.Math.dll) Version: 3.8.0

Syntax

public static double Entropy(
	this double[] values,
	Func<double, double> pdf
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Entropy ( 
	values As Double(),
	pdf As Func(Of Double, Double)
) As Double

Type: Double
The distribution's entropy for the given values.

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type . When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).