A surprising result about surprise index
The Endeavour 2024-03-08
Summary:
Surprise index Warren Weaver [1] introduced what he called the surprise index to quantify how surprising an event is. At first it might seem that the probability of an event is enough for this purpose: the lower the probability of an event, the more surprise when it occurs. But Weaver’s notion is more subtle than […]
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