An Information Theoretic Approach to Originality and Bias in Science

被引:1
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作者
Kish, L. B. [1 ]
Singh, C. [1 ]
Erdelyi, T. [2 ]
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[2] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Math, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
来源
FLUCTUATION AND NOISE LETTERS | 2020年 / 19卷 / 02期
关键词
Originality; information entropy; bias; political correctness; errors; error correction;
D O I
10.1142/S0219477520500340
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We introduce an information theoretic framework for a quantitative measure of originality to model the impact of various classes of biases, errors and error corrections on scientific research. Some of the open problems are also outlined.
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