Fast Software Implementation of Serial Test and Approximate Entropy Test of Binary Sequence

Table 3

Symbols.

Symbols	Meaning
ε	The original input string of zero and one bits to be tested
εi	The ith bit in the original sequence ε
n	The number of bits in the stream being tested
m	The number of bits in a substring (block) being tested
	The frequency of the t-bit pattern
	A measure of how well the observed values match the expected value
	A measure of how well the observed values match the expected value
H0	The null hypothesis; i.e., the statement that the sequence is random
Igamc	The incomplete gamma function
	The natural logarithm of x:
Α	The significance level
&	The and operator
|	The or operator