@stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-entropy
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Geometric distribution entropy.
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Entropy
The entropy (in nats) for a geometric random variable is
where p
is the success probability.
Installation
npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-entropy
Usage
var entropy = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-entropy' );
entropy( p )
Returns the entropy of a geometric distribution with success probability p
(in nats).
var v = entropy( 0.1 );
// returns ~3.251
v = entropy( 0.5 );
// returns ~1.386
If provided a success probability p
outside of [0,1]
, the function returns NaN
.
var v = entropy( NaN );
// returns NaN
v = entropy( 1.5 );
// returns NaN
v = entropy( -1.0 );
// returns NaN
Examples
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var round = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-round' );
var entropy = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-geometric-entropy' );
var v;
var i;
var p;
for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
p = randu();
v = entropy( p );
console.log( 'p: %d, H(X;p): %d', p.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) );
}
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