Information Theory
Information Theory
Out of Print
We live in an information society. This book describes the basic ideas of information theory, showing how we can transmit and store information as compactly as possible, how much information can be transmitted by a particular channel or network, and how security can be assured. It covers all the basic ideas of information theory and sets them in the context of current applications. These include Shannon's information measure, discrete and continuous information sources and information channels with or without memory, source and channel decoding, rate distortion theory, error correcting codes and the information theoretical approach to cryptology. Throughout the book the author has paid special attention to multiterminal or network information theory. This text will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in electrical engineering, computer science, informatics, mathematics, physics and management sciences.
- Includes information on networks, not treated in other texts
- Includes exercises, elaborations and solutions (based on exams at the Delft University of Technology)
- Hot topic in world dominated by storage, transmission and manipulation of information
Reviews & endorsements
"Lubbe's thorough discourse on the topic of information theory is very complete and classical in nature...The coverage of material is consistent and complete." Choice
Product details
July 1997Paperback
9780521467605
364 pages
228 × 152 × 24 mm
0.585kg
123 b/w illus. 13 exercises
Unavailable - out of print August 2010
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Discrete information
- 2. The discrete memoryless information source
- 3. The discrete information source with memory
- 4. The discrete communication channel
- 5. The continuous information source
- 6. The continuous communication channel
- 7. Rate distortion theory
- 8. Network information theory
- 9. Error-correcting codes
- 10. Cryptology
- Bibliography
- Index.
