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1 // @(#)root/tmva $Id$
2 // Author: Andreas Hoecker, Joerg Stelzer, Helge Voss, Kai Voss
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4 /**********************************************************************************
5  * Project: TMVA - a Root-integrated toolkit for multivariate data analysis *
6  * Package: TMVA *
7  * Class : TMVA::CrossEntropy *
8  * Web : http://tmva.sourceforge.net *
9  * *
10  * Description: Implementation of the CrossEntropy as separation criterion *
11  * -p log (p) - (1-p)log(1-p); p=purity *
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14  * Authors (alphabetical): *
15  * Andreas Hoecker <Andreas.Hocker@cern.ch> - CERN, Switzerland *
16  * Helge Voss <Helge.Voss@cern.ch> - MPI-K Heidelberg, Germany *
17  * Kai Voss <Kai.Voss@cern.ch> - U. of Victoria, Canada *
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29 /*! \class TMVA::CrossEntropy
30 \ingroup TMVA
31 
32 Implementation of the CrossEntropy as separation criterion
33 
34  -p log (p) - (1-p)log(1-p); p=purity
35 */
36 
37 #include "TMath.h"
38 #include "TMVA/CrossEntropy.h"
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42 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
43 /// Cross Entropy defined as:
44 ///
45 /// -p log (p) - (1-p)log(1-p); p=purity = s/(s+b)
46 
48 {
49  if (s+b <= 0) return 0;
50  Double_t p = s/(s+b);
51  if (p<=0 || p >=1) return 0;
52  // return - ( p * log (p) + (1-p)*log(1-p) );
53  return - ( p * TMath::Log2(p) + (1-p)*TMath::Log2(1-p) );
54 }
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Definition: TMath.cxx:101
Implementation of the CrossEntropy as separation criterion.
Definition: CrossEntropy.h:43
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Cross Entropy defined as: