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Information Theory and Reliable Communication

Course held at the Department for Automation and Information July 1970

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  • © 1972

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Authors:
  1. Robert Gallager

    1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 30)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-4
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  2. Part I

    1. Introduction

      • Robert Gallager
      Pages 5-8

  3. Part II

    1. Measures of Information

      • Robert Gallager
      Pages 9-21

    2. Finite State Channels

      • Robert Gallager
      Pages 22-49

    3. Source Coding with a Distortion Measure

      • Robert Gallager
      Pages 50-83

    4. Random Trees and Tree Codes

      • Robert Gallager
      Pages 84-90

    5. Random Walk Techniques

      • Robert Gallager
      Pages 90-101

    6. Branching Process Techniques

      • Robert Gallager
      Pages 101-114

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 115-115
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Robert Gallager

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information Theory and Reliable Communication

  • Book Subtitle: Course held at the Department for Automation and Information July 1970

  • Authors: Robert Gallager

  • Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2945-6

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-81145-0Published: 31 December 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-2945-6Published: 04 May 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0254-1971

  • Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 115

  • Topics: Engineering, general, Computer Science, general

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