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Shannon's Measure and its Use in the Analysis of Cancer Data

✍ Scribed by Dr. R. K. Jain

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
141 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
0323-3847

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✦ Synopsis

In this paper, Shannon's measure of uncertainty is explored in the analysis of cancer data. The term 'cancer diversity' is defined and ita potential application is illustrated.

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