"joint entropy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: joint entropies [plural]
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  1. (information theory) The Shannon entropy of a "script" whose "characters" are elements of the Cartesian product of the sets of characters of the component scripts. Wikipedia link: joint entropy Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Information theory Related terms: joint probability

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