Information Theory Basics and Applications

Author: Qu Wei / Zhu Shibing (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This textbook systematically introduces the fundamental content and applications of Shannon information theory, covering topics such as the measurement of information, channel capacity, and source and channel coding theory. The book is divided into nine chapters, including statistical measurement of information, information entropy of discrete and continuous/waveform sources, channel capacity of discrete and continuous/waveform channels, mean distortion and the information-rate distortion function, source coding and channel coding theorems, as well as source coding and channel capacity issues in network communication systems. The textbook is easy to understand, conceptually clear, rich in content, and highly systematic, offering practical application value. It can serve as a teaching material or reference book for undergraduate and graduate students in information-related fields at universities and research institutions, as well as for relevant technical personnel.