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AVERAGE CONDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTENT [1 record]
Record 1 - external organization data 2011-06-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- conditional entropy
1, record 1, English, conditional%20entropy
correct, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- mean conditional information content 1, record 1, English, mean%20conditional%20information%20content
correct, standardized
- average conditional information content 1, record 1, English, average%20conditional%20information%20content
correct, standardized
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
mean value of the conditional information content of the events in a finite set of mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive events, given the occurrence of the events in another set of mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive events; in mathematical notation, this measure is H(X|Y) = [...][...] p(xi,yj)l(xi|yj) where X = {x1 ... xn} is the set of events xi (i = 1 ... n), Y= {y1 ... ym} is the set of events yi = (1 ... m), l(xi|yj) is the conditional information content of xi given yj, and p(xi,yj), the joint probability that both events occur 1, record 1, English, - conditional%20entropy
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
conditional entropy; mean conditional information content; average conditional information content: terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-16:1996]. 2, record 1, English, - conditional%20entropy
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- entropie conditionnelle
1, record 1, French, entropie%20conditionnelle
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- néguentropie conditionnelle 1, record 1, French, n%C3%A9guentropie%20conditionnelle
avoid, feminine noun, standardized
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
espérance mathématique de la quantité d'information conditionnelle des événements d'un ensemble exhaustif d'événements s'excluant mutuellement, lorsque se sont réalisés les événements d'un autre ensemble exhaustif d'événements s'excluant mutuellement; cette mesure s'exprime mathématiquement par H(X|Y) = [...][...] p(xi,yj)l(xi|yj) où X = {x1 ... xn} est l'ensemble d'événements xi (i = 1 ... n), Y = {y1 ... ym} est l'ensemble d'événements yj = (1 ... m), l(xi|yj) est la quantité d'information conditionnelle de xi lorsque yj s'est réalisé, et p(xi,yj) est la probabilité de réalisation simultanée des deux événements 1, record 1, French, - entropie%20conditionnelle
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
entropie conditionnelle; néguentropie conditionnelle : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-16:1996]. 2, record 1, French, - entropie%20conditionnelle
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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