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Selected topics in information and coding theory

Misra, S.

Selected topics in information and coding theory - New Jersey: World Scientific, 2010 - xviii, 706 p.; ill.: 23 cm. - Series on coding theory and cryptology .

The last few years have witnessed rapid advancements in information and coding theory research and applications. This book provides a comprehensive guide to selected topics, both ongoing and emerging, in information and coding theory. Consisting of contributions from well-known and high-profile researchers in their respective specialties, topics that are covered include source coding; channel capacity; linear complexity; code construction, existence and analysis; bounds on codes and designs; space-time coding; LDPC codes; and codes and cryptography. All of the chapters are integrated in a manner that renders the book as a supplementary reference volume or textbook for use in both undergraduate and graduate courses on information and coding theory. As such, it will be a valuable text for students at both undergraduate and graduate levels as well as instructors, researchers, engineers, and practitioners in these fields.

9789812837165 hbk


Coding theory
Source coding
Channel capacity
Information theory
Code construction
Computer science

003.54 / WOU