Entropy and the Average Surprise
Streaming video - 2015
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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- Educational films
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Great Courses
2015.
2016. - Language
- English
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
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- In Process Record.
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Film - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Playing Time
- 00:31:26
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).