Generating probabilities with a specified entropy
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2000
Abstract
This paper describes a method to randomly generate vectors of symbol probabilities so that the corresponding discrete memoryless source has a prescribed entropy. One application is to Carlo simulation of the performance of noiseless variable length source coding.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Volume
337
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Swaszek, Peter F., and Sidharth Wali. "Generating probabilities with a specified entropy." Journal of the Franklin Institute 337, 2 (2000): 97-103. doi: 10.1016/S0016-0032(00)00010-7.
