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Name: Mutual Information
ID: m10178
Language: English (en)
Summary: A description of mutual information between two random variables with examples.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: channel, communication, mutual information
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Behnaam Aazhang (aaz@ece.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Behnaam Aazhang (aaz@ece.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Dinesh Rajan (dinesh@ece.rice.edu), Mohammad Borran (mohammad@ece.rice.edu), Roy Ha (rha@alumni.rice.edu), Shawn Stewart (mrshawn@alumni.rice.edu), Behnaam Aazhang (aaz@ece.rice.edu)
Latest version: 2.9 (history)
First publication date: Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5
Last revision to module: Oct 26, 2005 8:35 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m10178_2.9.cnxml

Version History

Version: 2.9 Oct 26, 2005 8:35 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
add foreign tags
Version: 2.8 May 27, 2005 8:19 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
update to cnxml-0.5, update csymbols, fix typo
Version: 2.7 Jan 7, 2004 10:05 am US/Central by Adan Galvan
Changes: 
added maintainer
Version: 2.6 Jul 17, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
converted module to cnxml-0.4, removed old mode designation on math tag and hardcoded number on example, changed mi to mo where needed - need to change the statistics, but submitted since prof wants to print
Version: 2.5 Feb 9, 2002 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Authors updated
Version: 2.4 Dec 7, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
changed the blank= to get module to print
Version: 2.3 Jul 19, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added graphics
Version: 2.2 Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added links.
Version: 2.1 Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
First draft of module
Version: 2.0 Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added initial template for new module m10178

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