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Entropy and the Average Surprise.

Intuition says we measure information by looking at the length of a message. But Shannon’s information theory starts with something more fundamental: how surprising is the message? Through illuminating examples, discover that entropy provides a measure of the average surprise..

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Great Courses (Firm),$4dst, Kanopy (Firm),$4dst
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses, 2015.
Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Subjects:
Engineering.
Technology.
Computer Science & IT
Internet videos.
Educational films.
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Summary:Intuition says we measure information by looking at the length of a message. But Shannon’s information theory starts with something more fundamental: how surprising is the message? Through illuminating examples, discover that entropy provides a measure of the average surprise..
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Film
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time:00:31:26
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.