← Back to search

Meaning of conditional entropy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The portion of a random variable's own Shannon entropy which is independent from another, given, random variable.

Examples

“The conditional entropy of random variable Y given X (i.e., conditioned by X), denoted as H(Y#124;X), is equal to H(Y)-I(Y#59;X) where I(Y#59;X) is the mutual information between Y and X.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

conditional fee conditional mood conditional operator conditional perfect conditional probability conditional probability distribution