TY  - JOUR
AB  - Shannon’s entropy is usually defined separately for discrete, and for (absolutely) continuous random variables. However, many random variables encountered in practice have mixed (discrete‐continuous) distributions. A simple expression for the entropy of random variables with mixed (discrete‐continuous) distributions is derived in terms of the usual entropy definitions. In addition, the maximum entropy problem in the general setting of mixture distributions is discussed.
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
SN  - 0368-492X
DO  - 10.1108/03684929410050577
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03684929410050577
AU  - Politis Dimitris N.
PY  - 1994
Y1  - 1994/01/01
TI  - Maximum Entropy Modelling of Mixture Distributions
T2  - Kybernetes
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 49
EP  - 54
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -