How to integral a pdf of a continuous random variable to calculate its entropy

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QIAO WANG
QIAO WANG 2021-2-22
评论： QIAO WANG 2021-2-24
Hi guys,
I'm trying to figure out how to get the entropy of a probability distribution. It's the standard differential entropy and the formula is: , where is the probability denstiy function.
I have referred to integral function q = integral(fun,xmin,xmax) I'm confused how to define this fun? For instance, I'm dealing with Beta distribution and I have used the following code for its pdf. However, this y is just the evaluated values of x, not exactly a fun. I suppose I can't use this y directly. So, is there a way that I can create or transfer y to a fun that I can apply with integral? Please help me with it. Thanks in advance!
pd = makedist('beta','a',50,'b',40)
x = linspace(0,1,10000);
y = pdf(pd,x);

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Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller 2021-2-22
编辑：Jeff Miller 2021-2-22
Try this:
pd = makedist('beta','a',50,'b',40);
fun = @(x) pdf(pd,x) .* log( pdf(pd,x) );
H = -integral(fun,0,1)

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