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Lecture 8 - Information Theory
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Quantity of Information
Assume we have a random variable
X
X
can have exactly
N
states
Each state has a probability
P(n)
Probability of the state occurring determines its uncertainty
As
P(n)
approaches 0.5, uncertainty approaches 1
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