Palada, Sai Chaithanya Kumar and Malone, David (2019) Entropy Estimates for the Irish Language. In: 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC), 17-18 June, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

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Abstract

Entropy estimates for natural languages are useful for a number of reasons. For example, they can be used to estimate the length of a translated text or the amount of text required to make a brute-force attack on an encrypted message feasible. This paper briefly reviews the development of techniques for entropy estimation and then applies modern techniques to Irish text. We believe this addresses a gap in the literature giving an entropy estimate for the Irish language. We discuss our results in the context of entropy estimates for equivalent Egalish text.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords:	entropy; compression; estimation; natural language; Irish; English;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics
Item ID:	15382
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSC.2019.8904926
Depositing User:	Dr. David Malone
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2022 10:38
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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