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About stdlib...

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Entropy

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Normal distribution differential entropy.

The differential entropy (in nats) for a normal random variable with mean μ and standard deviation σ > 0 is

$$h\left( X \right) = \tfrac{1}{2}\ln(2\pi \,e\,\sigma ^{2})$$

Usage

To use in Observable,

entropy = require( 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stats-base-dists-normal-entropy@umd/browser.js' )

To vendor stdlib functionality and avoid installing dependency trees for Node.js, you can use the UMD server build:

var entropy = require( 'path/to/vendor/umd/stats-base-dists-normal-entropy/index.js' )

To include the bundle in a webpage,

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stats-base-dists-normal-entropy@umd/browser.js"></script>

If no recognized module system is present, access bundle contents via the global scope:

<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {
    window.entropy;
})();
</script>

entropy( mu, sigma )

Returns the differential entropy for a normal distribution with mean mu and standard deviation sigma (in nats).

var y = entropy( 2.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~1.419

y = entropy( -1.0, 4.0 );
// returns ~2.805

If provided NaN as any argument, the function returns NaN.

var y = entropy( NaN, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = entropy( 0.0, NaN );
// returns NaN

If provided sigma <= 0, the function returns NaN.

var y = entropy( 0.0, 0.0 );
// returns NaN

y = entropy( 0.0, -1.0 );
// returns NaN

Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/random-base-randu@umd/browser.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stats-base-dists-normal-entropy@umd/browser.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {

var sigma;
var mu;
var y;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    mu = ( randu()*10.0 ) - 5.0;
    sigma = randu() * 20.0;
    y = entropy( mu, sigma );
    console.log( 'µ: %d, σ: %d, h(X;µ,σ): %d', mu.toFixed( 4 ), sigma.toFixed( 4 ), y.toFixed( 4 ) );
}

})();
</script>
</body>
</html>

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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