Information theory / by Robert B. Ash.

By:

Ash, Robert B

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Dover Publications, 1990.Description: xi, 339 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0486665216 (pbk.)
9780486665214

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DDC classification:

003.54 22

Contents:

1. A Measure of information -- 2. Noiseless coding -- 3. the discrete memoryless channel -- 4. Error correcting codes -- 5. Further theory of error correcting codes -- 6. Information sources -- 7. Channels with memory -- 8. Continuous channels.

Summary: Excellent introduction treats 3 major areas: analysis of channel models and proof of coding theorems; study of specific coding systems; and study of statistical properties of information sources. Appendix summarizes Hilbert space background and results from the theory of stochastic processes. Advanced undergraduate to graduate level.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library General Stacks	003.54 / AS.I 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		000234

"Unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published by Interscience Publishers ... New York, 1965"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-334) and index.

Excellent introduction treats 3 major areas: analysis of channel models and proof of coding theorems; study of specific coding systems; and study of statistical properties of information sources. Appendix summarizes Hilbert space background and results from the theory of stochastic processes. Advanced undergraduate to graduate level.

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