Information Theory, Excess Entropy and Statistical Complexity
by David Feldman
Publisher: College of the Atlantic 2002
Number of pages: 49
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This e-book is a brief tutorial on information theory, excess entropy and statistical complexity. From the table of contents: Background in Information Theory; Entropy Density and Excess Entropy; Computational Mechanics.
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