Entropy

Lognormal distribution differential entropy.

The differential entropy (in nats) for a lognormal random variable is

where μ is the location parameter and σ > 0 is the scale parameter. According to the definition, the natural logarithm of a random variable from a lognormal distribution follows a normal distribution.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-lognormal-entropy

Usage

var entropy = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-lognormal-entropy' );

entropy( mu, sigma )

Returns the differential entropy for a lognormal distribution with location mu and scale sigma (in nats).

var y = entropy( 2.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~3.419

y = entropy( 0.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~1.419

y = entropy( -1.0, 2.0 );
// returns ~1.112

If provided NaN as any argument, the function returns NaN.

var y = entropy( NaN, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = entropy( 0.0, NaN );
// returns NaN

If provided sigma <= 0, the function returns NaN.

var y = entropy( 0.0, 0.0 );
// returns NaN

y = entropy( 0.0, -1.0 );
// returns NaN

Examples

var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var entropy = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-lognormal-entropy' );

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'float64'
};
var mu = uniform( 10, -5.0, 5.0, opts );
var sigma = uniform( 10, 0.0, 20.0, opts );

logEachMap( 'µ: %0.4f, σ: %0.4f, h(X;µ,σ): %0.4f', mu, sigma, entropy );

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/lognormal/entropy.h"

stdlib_base_dists_lognormal_entropy( mu, sigma )

Returns the differential entropy for a lognormal distribution with location mu and scale sigma.

double out = stdlib_base_dists_lognormal_entropy( 0.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~1.419

The function accepts the following arguments:

• mu: [in] double location parameter.
• sigma: [in] double scale parameter.

double stdlib_base_dists_lognormal_entropy( const double mu, const double sigma );

Examples

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/lognormal/entropy.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static double random_uniform( const double min, const double max ) {
    double v = (double)rand() / ( (double)RAND_MAX + 1.0 );
    return min + ( v*(max-min) );
}

int main( void ) {
    double sigma;
    double mu;
    double y;
    int i;

    for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
        mu = random_uniform( -5.0, 5.0 );
        sigma = random_uniform( 0.1, 20.0 );
        y = stdlib_base_dists_lognormal_entropy( mu, sigma );
        printf( "µ: %.4f, σ: %.4f, h(X;µ,σ): %.4f\n", mu, sigma, y );
    }
}

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