Section: Machine Learning•ID #133

Shannon Entropy Calculation

Step 1: TheoryTheory Article

Shannon Entropy Overview

Study the core concepts and background material for this learning item.

Step 2: PracticeDeep-ML Challenge

Shannon Entropy Exercise

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Medium20 min estimated study

Overview

Compute partition entropy and details information gains to optimize decision tree splits.

Learning Objectives

  • Compute information entropy limits of classification trees
  • Determine split information gains based on Shannon metrics

Prerequisites

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Completion Reward+200 XP
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