An Information Measure for Classification

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Wallace, C. S., and D. M. Boulton. “An Information Measure for Classification”. The Computer Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, 1968, pp. 185-94, https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/11.2.185.
Wallace, C. S., & Boulton, D. M. (1968). An Information Measure for Classification. The Computer Journal, 11(2), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/11.2.185
Wallace, C. S., and D. M. Boulton. “An Information Measure for Classification”. The Computer Journal 11, no. 2 (1968): 185-94. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/11.2.185.
Wallace CS, Boulton DM. An Information Measure for Classification. The Computer Journal. 1968;11(2):185-94.
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