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An uncertainty function arising in sequential search theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
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This note presents a new “uncertainty function” of finite probability distributions that arises in sequential search theory. The function arises as the finite term in an asymptotic expression for an expected search time as the allowable “error probability” approaches zero. This function is not a function of entropy; it may be of more relevance than entropy to workers in certain fields for describing the complexity of a finite distribution.
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