Title :
Entropy and correlation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
A simple an intuitively interpretable correlation coefficient between two discrete random variables is defined. Its metric property is then proved.
Keywords :
correlation theory; information theory; correlation coefficient; discrete random variables; entropy; information theory; metric property; Algorithm design and analysis; Correlation; Entropy; Feature extraction; Measurement; Shape;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSMC.1985.6313441
