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Approximate determination of the distribution of entropy

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Contrary to the popular in the technical literature quantitative representation of entropy as a measure of the uncertainty of the occurrence of random events, its estimation is proposed based on the density and probability distribution functions. Constructing them using approximation methods is shown. At the core of the construction, the method of moments is used. In applied terms, two problems for the research of the transfer properties of a device with a constant and random coefficient of transmission are solved.

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  1. A.F. Mozhaiskiy Military Space Academy, ul. Zhdanovskaya naberejnaya 13, St. Petersburg, 197082, Russia

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Smagin, S.Yu. Smagin, 2010, published in Avtomatika i Vychislitel’naya Tekhnika, 2010, No. 2, pp. 27–37.

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Smagin, V.A., Smagin, S.Y. Approximate determination of the distribution of entropy. Aut. Conrol Comp. Sci. 44, 78–84 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0146411610020033

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