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KL divergence

Kullback-Leibler divergence measures an expected log-density ratio from one distribution to another. It is asymmetric and does not satisfy all requirements of a mathematical distance.

D_{KL}(p\Vert q)=\sum_i p_i\log\frac{p_i}{q_i}

Overview. Kullback-Leibler divergence measures an expected log-density ratio from one distribution to another.

Context. It is asymmetric and does not satisfy all requirements of a mathematical distance.

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