Fundamentals of Information Theory and Coding Design

Roberto Togneri (University of Western Australia, Perth), Christopher J.S deSilva, Christopher J.S deSilva

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Chapman & Hall/CRC
13 January 2003

Information theory; Coding theory & cryptology; Applied mathematics; Household appliances manufacture; Systems analysis & design

Series: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications

Books on information theory and coding have proliferated over the last few years, but few succeed in covering the fundamentals without losing students in mathematical abstraction. Even fewer build the essential theoretical framework when presenting algorithms and implementation details of modern coding systems.

Without abandoning the theoretical foundations, Fundamentals of Information Theory and Coding Design presents working algorithms and implementations that can be used to design and create real systems. The emphasis is on the underlying concepts governing information theory and the mathematical basis for modern coding systems, but the authors also provide the practical details of important codes like Reed-Solomon, BCH, and Turbo codes. Also setting this

text apart are discussions on the cascading of information channels and the additivity of information, the details of arithmetic coding, and the connection between coding of extensions and Markov modelling.

C omplete, balanced coverage, an outstanding format, and a wealth of examples and exercises make this an outstanding text for upper-level students in computer science, mathematics, and engineering and a valuable reference for telecommunications engineers and coding theory researchers.

By: Roberto Togneri (University of Western Australia Perth), Christopher J.S deSilva, Christopher J.S deSilva
Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9781584883104
ISBN 10: 1584883103
Series: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 13 January 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Information Sources. Information Channels. Source Coding. Compact Codes and Data Compression. Channel Coding. Families of Error-Control Codes.

Roberto Togneri, Christopher J.S deSilva

Reviews for Fundamentals of Information Theory and Coding Design

This book is one of the few (if not the only) texts that comprehensively deal with both the fundamentals of information theory and coding theory. The extensive use of worked examples throughout the text, especially in the more theoretical chapters 6 and 7, will greatly aid students understanding of the principles and methods discussed. The highlighting of definitions, theorems and results allows students to quickly identify and remember the important concepts. The exercise sets at the end of each chapter are quite complete with the routine questions balanced by more challenging and interesting questions. The introduction to the main concepts of abstract algebra used for the design of advanced error detecting and error correcting codes is rigorous, complete and the use of many worked examples makes it one of the best I have seen. The material is also quite extensive with discussions on additivity of mutual information, implementation details of arithmetic coding, rate distortion theory and the important Hamming and Gilbert bounds for channel codes. Overall, this is an excellent and timely textbook for senior undergraduate courses in information and coding theory for students in computer science, mathematics, and engineering. -Li Deng, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA