The Mathematical Theory of Communication
by Claude Elwood Shannon and Warren Weaver - undifferentiated
- 15 Want to read
- 1 Currently reading
- 5 Have read
Shannon's master thesis (book available in hardback & paperback) laid out the basic elements of communication:
* An information source that produces a message
* A transmitter that operates on the message to create a signal which can be sent through a channel
* A channel, which is the medium over which the signal, carrying the information that composes the message, is sent
* A receiver, which transforms the signal back into the message intended for delivery
* A destination, which can be a person or a machine, for whom or which the message is intended
It also developed the concepts of information entropy and redundancy, and introduced the term bit (which Shannon credited to John Tukey) as a unit of information. It was also in this paper that the Shannon–Fano coding technique was proposed – a technique developed in conjunction with Robert Fano.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
People
Places
Times
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Mathematical Theory of Communication
1998, University of Illinois Press
in English
025209803X 9780252098031
|
zzzz
|
2
The Mathematical Theory of Communication
October 1, 1963, University of Illinois Press
Paperback
in English
0252725484 9780252725487
|
aaaa
|
|
3
|
zzzz
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"Teletype and telegraphy are two simple examples of a discrete channel for transmitting information."
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?