Table 2 Entropy, information gain and number of categories from contrast sensitivity tests.

From: Quantification of expected information gain in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity tests

  

Pelli–Robson

CSV-1000

\(q\mathrm{CSF}\)

AULCSF

CSF

15

25

50

15

25

50

Simulation 1

H(Y) (bits)

4.0

9.9

5.4

5.4

5.4

16.2

16.0

15.7

H(Y|X) (bits)

1.7

6.4

2.2

1.8

1.4

8.5

7.8

6.7

IG (bits)

2.3

3.5

3.2

3.6

4.1

7.6

8.1

9.0

Categories

5.0

11.1

9.1

12.1

16.7

196.1

281.2

498.0

# Optotypes

27.9

11.0

45

75

150

45

75

150

IG/Optotype(bits)

0.08

0.32

0.07

0.05

0.03

0.17

0.11

0.06

IG/log2(# Optotype)(bits)

0.48

1.01

0.58

0.58

0.56

1.39

1.31

1.24

Simulation 2

H(Y) (bits)

2.8

7.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

13.9

13.5

12.8

H(Y|X) (bits)

1.7

6.5

2.7

2.3

1.7

9.4

8.8

7.8

IG (bits)

1.1

1.4

2.1

2.6

3.1

4.6

4.7

5.1

Categories

2.1

2.6

4.3

5.9

8.6

23.7

26.0

34.1

# Optotypes

36.8

15.2

45

75

150

45

75

150

IG/Optotype(bits)

0.03

0.09

0.05

0.03

0.02

0.10

0.06

0.03

IG/log2(# Optotype)(bits)

0.21

0.35

0.38

0.41

0.43

0.83

0.75

0.70