Relative entropy as a measure of diagnostic information

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-206

  Benish, William A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Entropy; Information theory; Relative entropy; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTROPY; INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; THEORY;

EID: 0033054335     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9901900211     Document Type: Article

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