Probability distribution and entropy as a measure of uncertainty
Statistical Mechanics
2020-10-28 v4
Abstract
The relationship between three probability distributions and their maximizable entropy forms is discussed without postulating entropy property. For this purpose, the entropy I is defined as a measure of uncertainty of the probability distribution of a random variable x by a variational relationship, a definition underlying the maximization of entropy for corresponding distribution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0612076,
title = {Probability distribution and entropy as a measure of uncertainty},
author = {Qiuping A. Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0612076},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
11 pages. To be published in J. Physics A : Math. Theor. (2008)