Introduction to Coding and Information Theory

by Steven Romann and Steven Roman

Book Overview

This book is an introduction to coding theory and information theory for undergraduate students of mathematics and computer science. Among the topics it discusses are: a review of probablity theory; the efficiency of codes, the capacity of communications channels, coding and decoding in the presence of errors, the general theory of linear codes, and examples of specific codes used in ordinalry communications as wwell as cryptography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387947043
• ISBN13: 9780387947044
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.6"