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Information theory: the mathematics of telegraphy,
is central to statistical language modelling.
It makes the idea
of quantitity of information
precise and formal.
This forms a basis for
meaningful comparisons between different systems.
And the same goes for different versions of the
same system, so you can tell whether some
change has improved matters or not.
Chris Brew
8/7/1998