On Shannon entropy and its applications

A brief and intuitive introduction to Shannon entropy is presented, including some of its properties. The application of this measure is exemplified in two different contexts from what was in its genesis: biological diversity and an original study on student migration.

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Main Author: Paulo Saraiva
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Kuwait Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2307410823000433
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spelling doaj-art-2fc8559af99a4a3cb4cc4e91c4e2d1942025-08-20T01:59:56ZengElsevierKuwait Journal of Science2307-41162023-07-01503194199https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kjs.2023.05.004On Shannon entropy and its applicationsPaulo Saraiva0Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Portugal; CMUC-Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra, Portugal; CeBER-Centre for Business and Economics Research, PortugalA brief and intuitive introduction to Shannon entropy is presented, including some of its properties. The application of this measure is exemplified in two different contexts from what was in its genesis: biological diversity and an original study on student migration. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2307410823000433biological diversityinformation theorymaximum entropypopulation migrationshannon entropy
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On Shannon entropy and its applications
Kuwait Journal of Science
biological diversity
information theory
maximum entropy
population migration
shannon entropy
title On Shannon entropy and its applications
title_full On Shannon entropy and its applications
title_fullStr On Shannon entropy and its applications
title_full_unstemmed On Shannon entropy and its applications
title_short On Shannon entropy and its applications
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topic biological diversity
information theory
maximum entropy
population migration
shannon entropy
url https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2307410823000433
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