Let m≥1 and n≥1 be natural numbers, let p be a discrete probability mass function on Euclidean space Rm, put S={x∈Rm:p(x)>0}, let a=(a1,…,an) be a family of points of Rm (the moves) and w=(w1,…,wn)∈Rn (the weights), and let ρp,a,w:S→R be the move score. The move information of p for a and w is
J(p;a,w)=x∈S∑p(x)ρp,a,w(x)2∈[0,∞],
the sum over S of the nonnegative function x↦p(x)ρp,a,w(x)2 on S.