Information Capacity of Symbol Sequences

  • Authors:
  • M. G. Sadovsky

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036

  • Venue:
  • Open Systems & Information Dynamics
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The information capacity of sequences is considered through the calculation of specific entropy of their frequency dictionary. The specific entropy was calculated against the reconstructed dictionary which bears the most probable continuations of shorter strings. The measure developed allows to distinguish the sequences both from the random ones, and those with high level of (rather simple) order. Some applications of the developed methodology to genetics, bioinformatics, and linguistics are discussed.