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bundles / scipy 1.17.1 / scipy / stats / _distn_infrastructure / rv_generic / entropy

function

scipy.stats._distn_infrastructure:rv_generic.entropy

source: /scipy/stats/_distn_infrastructure.py :1261

Signature

def   entropy ( self * args ** kwds )

Summary

Differential entropy of the RV.

Parameters

arg1, arg2, arg3,... : array_like

The shape parameter(s) for the distribution (see docstring of the instance object for more information).

loc : array_like, optional

Location parameter (default=0).

scale : array_like, optional (continuous distributions only).

Scale parameter (default=1).

Notes

Entropy is defined base e:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> from scipy.stats._distn_infrastructure import rv_discrete
>>> drv = rv_discrete(values=((0, 1), (0.5, 0.5)))
>>> np.allclose(drv.entropy(), np.log(2.0))
True

Aliases

  • scipy.stats._distn_infrastructure.rv_generic.entropy