Lab 10 Response

The main difference between Shannon's and Hartley's measures of information is that Shannon takes probability into consideration, while Hartley does not look at the probability at all. Hartley measures the uncertainty by the amount of information needed to get rid of the uncertainty. Hartley's measure also uses the logarithms of a base two. Shannon's measure of uncertainty is measured by the amount of average information needed to remove the uncertainty. Shannon's measure also involves weighted alternatives. Shannon's measure also involves the logarithms with a base of two, but in the Shannon equation he incorporates a sum value.

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