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#1 2007-10-01 21:58:27
- TomAnthony
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- Registered: 2007-10-01
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Mutual Information from Joint Probability Distribution
Given the following joint probability distribution for 2 Random Variables:
X
0 1 2
Y -------------------------------
0 | 1 / 3 | 0 | 0 |
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1 | 1 / 12 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 12 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 3 |
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Can anyone confirm to me the Mutual Information [ I( X;Y) ] between the variables? I have an answer, I am just unsure it is correct. Thanks!
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#2 2007-10-02 02:39:44
- John E. Franklin
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- Registered: 2005-08-29
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Re: Mutual Information from Joint Probability Distribution
Were you taught to use logarithm base 2, e, or 10 for this problem?
Since you used a semicolon, is this discrete, not continuous, just 0, 1, and 2, not 1.483429 ?
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