Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

1982

Subjects

Entropy (Information theory), Input-output analysis, Information theory in economics

Abstract

Applications of Shannon's entropy measure to the matrices of technical and interdependence coefficients, to the final demand vector, and to other aspects of input- output tables are proposed. These entropy measures serve as indices of different types of economic diversity. The relevance of such indices for economic planning and for analyses of economic structural complexity and development is discussed.

Description

Originally presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for General Systems Research, and subsequently included in its proceedings under the title Systems Science and Science, edited by L. Troncale, SGSR, Louisville KY, 1982.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16555

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