Editing Information theory (section)

===Miscellaneous applications===
Information theory also has applications in the [[search for extraterrestrial intelligence]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Doyle |first1=Laurance R. |author-link=Laurance Doyle |last2=McCowan |first2=Brenda |author-link2=Brenda McCowan |last3=Johnston |first3=Simon |last4=Hanser |first4=Sean F. |date=February 2011 |title=Information theory, animal communication, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence |journal=[[Acta Astronautica]] |language=en |volume=68 |issue=3–4 |pages=406–417 |doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.11.018|bibcode=2011AcAau..68..406D }}</ref> [[black hole information paradox|black holes]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bekenstein |first=Jacob D |date=2004 |title=Black holes and information theory |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00107510310001632523 |journal=Contemporary Physics |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=31–43 |doi=10.1080/00107510310001632523 |arxiv=quant-ph/0311049 |bibcode=2004ConPh..45...31B |issn=0010-7514}}</ref> [[bioinformatics]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vinga |first=Susana |date=2014-05-01 |title=Information theory applications for biological sequence analysis |url=https://academic.oup.com/bib/article/15/3/376/183705 |journal=Briefings in Bioinformatics |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=376–389 |doi=10.1093/bib/bbt068 |issn=1467-5463 |pmc=7109941 |pmid=24058049}}</ref> and [[Gambling and information theory|gambling]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Thorp |first=Edward O. |title=The kelly criterion in blackjack sports betting, and the stock market* |date=2008-01-01 |work=Handbook of Asset and Liability Management |pages=385–428 |editor-last=Zenios |editor-first=S. A. |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780444532480500150 |access-date=2025-01-20 |place=San Diego |publisher=North-Holland |doi=10.1016/b978-044453248-0.50015-0 |isbn=978-0-444-53248-0 |editor2-last=Ziemba |editor2-first=W. T.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Haigh |first=John |date=2000 |title=The Kelly Criterion and Bet Comparisons in Spread Betting |url=https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9884.00251 |journal=Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D (The Statistician) |language=en |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=531–539 |doi=10.1111/1467-9884.00251 |issn=1467-9884}}</ref>