R: Evaluate Shannon Entropy for a Set of Fingerprints

shannon {fingerprint} | R Documentation

## Evaluate Shannon Entropy for a Set of Fingerprints

### Description

This method evaluates the Shannon entropy for a set of fingerprints and utilizes the `bit.spectrum` method to obtain the relative frequencies of individual bits

### Usage

    shannon(fplist)

### Arguments

`fplist` | A list structure with each element being an object of class `fingerprint`. These will can be constructed by hand or read from disk via `fp.read`. All fingerprints in the list should be of the same length.

### Value

The Shannon entropy for the set of fingerprints

### Author(s)

Rajarshi Guha rajarshi.guha@gmail.com

### See Also

`bit.spectrum`, `fp.read`

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