Ash, Robert B. <br/><br/>
Information theory /  
by Robert B. Ash. 
 - New York :    Dover Publications,    1990. 
 - xi, 339 p. :    ill. ;    22 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published by Interscience Publishers ... New York, 1965"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-334) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0486665216 (pbk.) 9780486665214 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>CIT.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Information theory.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>003.54