Rényi entropy

English

Etymology

Named after Alfréd Rényi (1921–1970), Hungarian mathematician.

Noun

Rényi entropy (countable and uncountable, plural Rényi entropies)

  1. (information theory) A quantity that generalizes various notions of entropy, including Hartley entropy, Shannon entropy, collision entropy, and min-entropy.
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