A statistical measure of complexity

Bibcode
1995PhLA..209..321L
DOI
10.1016/0375-9601(95)00867-5
Calbet, X.; Mancini, H. L.; López-Ruiz, R.
Bibliographical reference

Physics Letters A, v. 209, p. 321-326

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1995
Number of authors
3
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
553
Refereed citations
514
Description
A measure of complexity based on a probabilistic description of physical systems is proposed. This measure incorporates the main features of the intuitive notion of such a magnitude. It can be applied to many physical situations and to different descriptions of a given system. Moreover, the calculation of its value does not require a considerable computational effort in many cases of physical interest.
Type
Refereed

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