A Metric for the Entropic Purpose of a System

Purpose in systems is considered to be beyond the purview of science since it is thought to be intrinsically personal. However, just as Claude Shannon was able to define an impersonal measure of information, so we formally define the (impersonal) ‘<i>entropic purpose</i>’ of an informati...

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Main Authors: Michael C. Parker, Chris Jeynes, Stuart D. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/2/131
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