β Scribed by Professor David Salomon (auth.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Digital data is heavily used when generating, storing, and transmitting information, and special codes are used to represent the data and to control its size, reliability, and security. Data coding is therefore a highly important, and indeed increasingly critical, discipline for data and computer communications.
In a unique, single volume, this highly versatile text/reference introduces readers to the importance of channel coding (error-correcting codes), secure coding (cryptography), and source coding (data compression). It is organized in three main parts and uses clear, nonmathematical explanations to develop the concepts, principles, and techniques in each area of coding. Requiring only a general familiarity with computer methods, the book deals with all aspects of coding and its relevance to fast, secure, and reliable data transmission and storage.
Features & Benefits:
*Presents comprehensive coverage of areas of coding often found in separate books, and stresses data codingβs relevance in todayβs world
*Provides a wealth of examples and exercises (with solutions) to help readers easily grasp the material
*Incorporates an extensive chapter on data hiding, a sparsely documented topic of increasing importance in the community
*Includes an author-supplied website with supplementary material
*Possesses a detailed bibliography and helpful glossary, index, and appendixes (including projects for self-study).
Computer scientists, electrical engineers, and other professionals will find this up-to-date, accessible volume an essential resource about key areas, problems, and methods associated with data coding. Its straightforward approach also makes it very suitable for students taking courses on computer networks, coding and encryption, data communications, and information theory and coding.
David Salomon is a professor emeritus of computer science at California State University, Northridge. He has authored numerous articles and books, including Data Compression: The Complete Reference (Third Edition), Guide to Data Compression Methods, and Data Privacy and Security, and Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling.
Key Topics:
>> Error-control codes
>> Image compression methods
>> Cipher types
>> Public-key cryptography
>> Check digits
>> Error detection
>> Statistical methods of source coding
>> Steganography (data hiding)
>> Encryption codes
>> Security / Cryptography
>> Beginning / Intermediate
Error-Control Codes....Pages 3-34
Check Digits for Error Detection....Pages 35-58
Statistical Methods....Pages 67-110
Dictionary Methods....Pages 111-132
Image Compression....Pages 133-196
Basic Concepts....Pages 199-211
Monoalphabetic Substitution Ciphers....Pages 213-226
Transposition Ciphers....Pages 227-242
Polyalphabetic Substitution Ciphers....Pages 243-267
Stream Ciphers....Pages 269-287
Block Ciphers....Pages 289-309
Public-Key Cryptography....Pages 311-340
Data Hiding....Pages 341-363
Data Hiding in Images....Pages 365-415
Data Hiding: Other Methods....Pages 417-443
Coding and Information Theory; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory; Data Encryption; Data Storage Representation; Information Storage and Retrieval; Information Systems and Communication Service
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