"The basic concept of entropy in information theory has to do with how much randomness there is in a signal or random event. An alternative way to look at this is to talk about how much information is carried by the signal." (Wikipedia, 2005).
Entropy
"The basic concept of entropy in information theory has to do with how much randomness there is in a signal or random event. An alternative way to look at this is to talk about how much information is carried by the signal." (Wikipedia, 2005).
Negative entropy means consequently less randomness.
Literature:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (2005). Information entropy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_entropy
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 21-01-2006