The Theory of Information and Coding (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications No. 86) - Hardcover

Robert J. McEliece

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521000955 ISBN 13: 9780521000956

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This revised edition of McEliece's classic is a self-contained introduction to all basic results in the theory of information and coding. This theory was developed to deal with the fundamental problem of communication, that of reproducing at one point, either exactly or approximately, a message selected at another point. There is a short and elementary overview introducing the reader to the concept of coding. Following the main results, the channel and source coding theorems is a study of specific coding schemes which can be used for channel and source coding. This volume can be used either for self-study, or for a graduate/undergraduate level course at university. It includes dozens of worked examples and several hundred problems for solution.

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Book Description

This is a revised edition of McEliece's classic. This volume is a self-contained introduction to all basic results in the theory of information and coding (invented by Claude Shannon in 1948). This theory was developed to deal with the fundamental problem of communication, that of reproducing at one point, either exactly or approximately, a message selected at another point. This volume can be used either for self-study, or for a graduate/undergradute level course at university. The text includes dozens of worked examples and several hundred problems for solution.

Review

'... [An] outstanding book ...'. Albert A. Mullin, Zentralblatt MATH

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521000955
• ISBN 13: 9780521000956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400