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Entropy and Information Gain in Quantum Continual Measurements

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Barchielli, A. (2002). Entropy and Information Gain in Quantum Continual Measurements. In: Tombesi, P., Hirota, O. (eds) Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47114-0_10

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