Entropy

Poisson distribution entropy.

The entropy (in nats) for a Poisson random variable is

where λ is the mean parameter.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson-entropy

Usage

var entropy = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson-entropy' );

entropy( lambda )

Returns the entropy of a Poisson distribution with mean parameter lambda (in nats).

var v = entropy( 9.0 );
// returns ~2.508

v = entropy( 0.5 );
// returns ~0.928

If provided lambda < 0, the function returns NaN.

var 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-poisson-entropy' );

var lambda;
var v;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    lambda = randu() * 20.0;
    v = entropy( lambda );
    console.log( 'λ: %d, H(X;λ): %d', lambda.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) );
}

Notice

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License

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