An Introduction to Information Theory

✍ Scribed by John R. Pierce

Publisher: Dover Publications
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Leaves: 315
Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Covers encoding and binary digits, entropy, language and meaning, efficient encoding and the noisy channel, and explores ways in which information theory relates to physics, cybernetics, psychology, and art. "Uncommonly good...the most satisfying discussion to be found." — Scientific American. 1980 edition.

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