Information Entropy Set for Coal Transportation Channels Analysis

In order to offer reference for the construction of coal transportation channels in China, we evaluated the existing system with the information entropy theory. By calculating the information entropy and the equilibrium degree with the data of annual investment in the fixed assets from 1986 to 2008, we measured the scale and its rationality. Empirical results show that we should maintain S1/ S2/ S3 at the current level or higher and the information entropy S3 on waterway should have much larger increase than others. This conclusion provides a quantitative basis for measuring the rationality of the construction scale of the coal transportation channels. And we can obtain some suggestions on the development strategy emphasis in future.