Title :
On functional entropy
Author :
Simovici, Dan A. ; Reischer, Corina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
A numerical characteristic of functions between finite sets that satisfies certain properties related to common operations applied to functions is defined. Unlike the notion of entropy of a probability distribution, the entropy of a function has an algebraic rather than a probabilistic character, although the two notions are clearly related. Applications of this notion to the study of finite functions are indicated
Keywords :
switching functions; finite functions; finite sets; functional entropy; numerical characteristic; probability distribution; switching functions; Circuits; Entropy; Mathematics; Multivalued logic; Random variables; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
Multiple-Valued Logic, 1993., Proceedings of The Twenty-Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sacramento, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3350-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISMVL.1993.289574
