DocumentCode
1407779
Title
Mutual Entropy Interactions Between Growth Patterns of Oregon Counties
Author
Rink, R. E. ; Halter, A. N.
Author_Institution
Willamette Simulation Unit, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oreg. 97331.; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada.
Issue
3
fYear
1975
fDate
5/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
399
Lastpage
402
Abstract
Shannon´s mutual information is proposed as a measure of lagged statistical dependence between the temporal patterns of economic/demographic growth for subregions, where the year-to-year ratio of births is taken as the growth index for each subregion. Application of the measure to 31 of the 36 counties in Oregon, using vital statistics for the years 1919-1968, yields results that seem, for the most part, consistent with certain theories about the diffusion of economic development.
Keywords
Difference equations; Entropy; Environmental economics; Frequency; Mutual information; Presses; Probability; Rivers; Stochastic processes; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9472
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSMC.1975.5408424
Filename
5408424
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