Entropy and the complexity of graphs: II. The information content of digraphs and infinite graphs |
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Authors: | Abbe Mowshowitz |
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Institution: | (1) Mental Health Research Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Abstract: | In a previous paper (Mowshowitz, 1968), a measureI
g
(X) of the structural information content of an (undirected) graphX was defined, and its properties explored. The class of graphs on whichI
g
is defined is here enlarged to included directed graphs (digraphs). Most of the properties ofI
g
observed in the undirected case are seen to hold for digraphs. The greater generality of digraphs allows for a construction
which shows that there exists a digraph having information content equal to the entropy of an arbitrary partition of a given
positive integer.
The measureI
g
is also extended to a measure defined on infinite (undirected) graphs. The properties of this extension are discussed, and
its applicability to the problem of measuring the complexity of algorithms is considered. |
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