• DocumentCode
    933102
  • Title

    On the entropy of the Malay language (Corresp.)

  • Author

    Tan, Choon Peng

  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    5/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    383
  • Lastpage
    384
  • Abstract
    Cover and King´s gambling approach for the estimation of the entropy of language is used to estimate the entropy of the Malay language. Our experimental results are shown to support the claim by Cover that committee betting can do better than that of individual subjects.
  • Keywords
    Entropy functions; Languages; Dictionaries; Entropy; Information theory; Mathematics; Natural languages; Probability; Statistics; Stochastic processes; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1981.1056338
  • Filename
    1056338
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=933102