Coding and Redundancy: Man-Made and Animal-Evolved Signals

by Jack P. Hailman

This book explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals (e.g., traffic lights and tornado sirens) and animal-evolved signals (e.g., color patterns and vocalizations). The book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted redundancies and explains how desirable redundancies enhance communication reliability.

Jack Hailman believes this work pioneers several aspects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674027957
• ISBN13: 9780674027954
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"