Entropy in Experimental Design, Sensor Placement, Inquiry and Search
Special Issue Information
Dear Collegues,
Entropy, as a measure of uncertainty or missing information, naturally quantifies the process of inquiry. Whether the act of inquiry involves formal questions, verbal requests for information, intelligent search, sensor placement or experimental design, entropy promises to play a prominent role in optimizing these activities by allowing one to quantify the relevance of an act of inquiry. This Special Issue will bring together researchers who have performed theoretical research in exploring the role of entropy in optimizing relevance, as well as practitioners who have used maximum entropy methods in experimental design, sensor placement and intelligent search.
Prof. Dr. Kevin H. Knuth
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- entropy
- erotetic logic
- experimental design
- information
- inquiry
- relative entropy
- relevance
- search
- sensor placement
- Shannon information
- questions
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Published Papers
Entropy - ISSN 1099-4300