One some measures of qualitative variation and entropy

zbMATH Open1244.28018MaRDI QIDQ3118552FDOQ3118552

Authors: Atif Ahmet Evren, Elif Tuna 

Publication date: 2 March 2012

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zbMATH Keywords

Kullback-Leibler divergenceShannon's entropyJeffreys divergenceGini concentration indexindex of deviations from modemeasures of qualitative variationSimpson's diversity indexstandardized entropyvariation ratio

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Entropy and other invariants (28D20)

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