min-entropy

noun

min-entropy

noun

Etymology From minimum entropy.

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Computing, Engineering, Information theory, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The smallest of the Rényi family of entropies, corresponding to the most conservative way of measuring the unpredictability of a set of outcomes, as the negative logarithm of the probability of the most likely outcome.

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