{"product_id":"a-students-guide-to-coding-and-information-theory-9781107015838","title":"A Students Guide to Coding and Information Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA concise, easy-to-read guide, introducing beginners to the engineering background of modern communication systems, from mobile phones to data storage. Assuming only basic knowledge of high-school mathematics and including many practical examples and exercises to aid understanding, this is ideal for anyone who needs a quick introduction to the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book is nicely written, and is recommended as a textbook for a one-semester introductory course on coding and information theory.' Pushpa N. Rathie, Zentralblatt MATH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction Chung-Hsuan Wang; 2. Error-detecting codes Chung-Hsuan Wang; 3. Repetition and hamming codes Francis Lu; 4. Data compression: efficient coding of a random message; 5. Entropy and Shannon's source coding theorem; 6. Mutual information and channel capacity Jwo-Yuh Wu; 7. Achieving the Shannon limit by turbo coding; 8. Other aspects of coding theory Francis Lu.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768962711895,"sku":"9781107015838","price":64.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781107015838.jpg?v=1758719176","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-students-guide-to-coding-and-information-theory-9781107015838","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}