Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding : The Adventures of Secret Agent 00111

Solomon W Golomb

ISBN 10: 0306445441 / ISBN 13: 9780306445446

Published by Springer Us Apr 1994, 1994

About this Item

Neuware - Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding is an outgrowth of a one semester introductory course that has been taught at the University of Southern California since the mid-1960s. Lecture notes from that course have evolved in response to student reaction, new technological and theoretical develop ments, and the insights of faculty members who have taught the course (in cluding the three of us). In presenting this material, we have made it accessible to a broad audience by limiting prerequisites to basic calculus and the ele mentary concepts of discrete probability theory. To keep the material suitable for a one-semester course, we have limited its scope to discrete information theory and a general discussion of coding theory without detailed treatment of algorithms for encoding and decoding for various specific code classes. Readers will find that this book offers an unusually thorough treatment of noiseless self-synchronizing codes, as well as the advantage of problem sections that have been honed by reactions and interactions of several gen erations of bright students, while Agent 00111 provides a context for the discussion of abstract concepts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding : The Adventures of Secret Agent 00111
• Publisher: Springer Us Apr 1994
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306445441
• ISBN 13: 9780306445446
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 25D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 785 grams

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Synopsis

Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding is an outgrowth of a one­ semester introductory course that has been taught at the University of Southern California since the mid-1960s. Lecture notes from that course have evolved in response to student reaction, new technological and theoretical develop­ ments, and the insights of faculty members who have taught the course (in­ cluding the three of us). In presenting this material, we have made it accessible to a broad audience by limiting prerequisites to basic calculus and the ele­ mentary concepts of discrete probability theory. To keep the material suitable for a one-semester course, we have limited its scope to discrete information theory and a general discussion of coding theory without detailed treatment of algorithms for encoding and decoding for various specific code classes. Readers will find that this book offers an unusually thorough treatment of noiseless self-synchronizing codes, as well as the advantage of problem sections that have been honed by reactions and interactions of several gen­ erations of bright students, while Agent 00111 provides a context for the discussion of abstract concepts.

About the Author

Solomon W. Golomb is currently professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Southern California.