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entropy (version 1.0.0)

Entropy Estimation

Description

This package implements various estimators of entropy, such as the shrinkage estimator by Hausser and Strimmer, the maximum likelihood and the Millow-Madow estimator, various Bayesian estimators, and the Chao-Shen estimator. It also offers an R interface to the NSB estimator.

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install.packages('entropy')

Monthly Downloads

9,300

Version

1.0.0

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Korbinian Strimmer

Last Published

April 8th, 2025

Functions in entropy (1.0.0)

entropy-internal

Internal entropy functions
entropy.MillerMadow

Miller-Madow entropy estimator
entropy.shrink

Shrinkage entropy estimator
entropy-package

The entropy package
entropy.plugin

Plug-in entropy estimator
entropy

Estimating entropy from observed counts
entropy.Dirichlet

Family of Dirichlet entropy estimators
entropy.NSB

R interface to NSB entropy estimator
entropy.empirical

Empirical entropy estimator
entropy.ChaoShen

Chao-Shen entropy estimator