Information Theory: Deep Ideas, Wide Perspectives, and Various Applications
Irad Ben‐Gal, Eugene Kagan
Abstract
The history of information theory, as a mathematical principle for analyzing data transmission and information communication, was formalized in 1948 with the publication of Claude Shannon's famous paper "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" [...].
Topics & Concepts
Information theoryMathematical theoryCommunication theoryComputer scienceInformation transmissionTheoretical computer scienceData scienceManagement scienceMathematical economicsMathematicsEngineeringPhysicsStatisticsComputer networkQuantum mechanicsOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceCognitive Science and Education ResearchStatistical Mechanics and Entropy