Pineda FD, De Pablo CL, Casado MA, De Miguel JM. Ecological structures recognized by means of entropy analysis: assessment of differences between entropy values.
J Theor Biol 1988;
135:283-93. [PMID:
3256720 DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5193(88)80244-3]
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Abstract
A procedure is outlined for the assessment of differences between entropy values obtained from a data set. The problem posed is that of identifying the data matrix representing least uncertainty in the disposition of its elements from two or more given matrices. Monte Carlo simulations were used, through which the maximum and minimum entropy values that could be obtained from each data set were estimated. Such values could be obtained by randomly interchanging the elements of each matrix and may serve as references in estimating the degree of order or randomness that an original matrix possesses.
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