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Divisor

Divisor

(Science: mathematics) The number by which the dividend is divided. Common divisor.

(Science: mathematics) see Common.

Origin: L, fr. Dividere. See divide.


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Kullback–Leibler divergence

... have something from the actual distribution P divided by something from the model distribution Q (and since every probability in Q is 16.7%, the divisor is always 0.167). And this sums up to 0.247, thereabouts. Clear?

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by G-Do
Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:06 am
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: Kullback–Leibler divergence
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