Exact Probability Distribution versus Entropy
The problem addressed concerns the determination of the average number of successive attempts of guessing a word of a certain length consisting of letters with given probabilities of occurrence. Both first- and second-order approximations to a natural language are considered. The guessing stra...
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MDPI AG
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/10/5198 |