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Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding

The Adventures of Secret Agent 00111

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Authors:
  1. Solomon W. Golomb

    1. Departments of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Robert E. Peile

    1. Racal Research, Limited, Reading, Berkshire, UK

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  3. Robert A. Scholtz

    1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Applications of Communications Theory (ACTH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz
    Pages 1-62

  3. Coding for Discrete Noiseless Channels

    • Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz
    Pages 63-130

  4. Synchronizable Codes

    • Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz
    Pages 131-205

  5. Infinite Discrete Sources

    • Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz
    Pages 207-242

  6. Error Correction I: Distance Concepts and Bounds

    • Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz
    Pages 243-308

  7. Error Correction II: The Information-Theoretic Viewpoint

    • Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz
    Pages 309-368

  8. Practical Aspects of Coding

    • Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz
    Pages 369-418

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 419-431
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Solomon W. Golomb

  • Racal Research, Limited, Reading, Berkshire, UK

    Robert E. Peile

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Robert A. Scholtz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding

  • Book Subtitle: The Adventures of Secret Agent 00111

  • Authors: Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz

  • Series Title: Applications of Communications Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2319-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44544-6Published: 30 April 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3236-5Published: 06 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-2319-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 432

  • Topics: Electrical Engineering, Computer Communication Networks

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