External module "stats/base/dists/chisquare/entropy/docs/types/index.d"

entropy

• entropy(k: number): number

• Returns the differential entropy of a chi-squared distribution (in nats).

  Notes

  • If provided k <= 0, the function returns NaN.

  Parameters

  • k: number

    degrees of freedom

  Returns number

  entropy

  Example

  var v = entropy( 9.0 );
  // returns ~2.786

  Example

  var v = entropy( 1.0 );
  // returns ~0.784

  Example

  var v = entropy( -0.2 );
  // returns NaN

  Example

  var v = entropy( NaN );
  // returns NaN