注意,H(Y ǀ X)是在<math>X</math>可能取的所有可能值<math>x</math>上对H(Y ǀ X = x)求平均值的结果。同样,如果将上述总和接管到样本<math>y_1, \dots, y_n</math>上,则预期值<math>E_X[ \Eta(y_1, \dots, y_n \mid X = x)]</math>在某些领域中会变得不那么明确。<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Hellman, M.|author2=Raviv, J.|year=1970|title=Probability of error, equivocation, and the Chernoff bound|journal=IEEE Transactions on Information Theory|volume=16|issue=4|pp=368-372}}</ref> | 注意,H(Y ǀ X)是在<math>X</math>可能取的所有可能值<math>x</math>上对H(Y ǀ X = x)求平均值的结果。同样,如果将上述总和接管到样本<math>y_1, \dots, y_n</math>上,则预期值<math>E_X[ \Eta(y_1, \dots, y_n \mid X = x)]</math>在某些领域中会变得不那么明确。<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Hellman, M.|author2=Raviv, J.|year=1970|title=Probability of error, equivocation, and the Chernoff bound|journal=IEEE Transactions on Information Theory|volume=16|issue=4|pp=368-372}}</ref> |