Description
Book SynopsisThis book is an evolution from my book A First Course in Information Theory published in 2002 when network coding was still at its infancy.
Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:
"This book could serve as a reference in the general area of information theory and would be of interest to electrical engineers, computer engineers, or computer scientists with an interest in information theory. Each chapter has an appropriate problem set at the end and a brief paragraph that provides insight into the historical significance of the material covered therein. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (J. Beidler, Choice, Vol. 46 (9), May, 2009)
"The book consisting of 21 chapters is divided into two parts. Part I, Components of Information Theory … . Part II Fundamentals of Network Coding … . A comprehensive instructor’s manual is available. This is a well planned comprehensive book on the subject. The writing style of the author is quite reader friendly. … it is a welcome addition to the subject and will be very useful to students as well as to the researchers in the field." (Arjun K. Gupta, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1154, 2009)
Table of ContentsThe Science of Information.- The Science of Information.- Fundamentals of Network Coding.- Information Measures.- Information Measures.- Zero-Error Data Compression.- Weak Typicality.- Strong Typicality.- Discrete Memoryless Channels.- Rate-Distortion Theory.- The Blahut–Arimoto Algorithms.- Differential Entropy.- Continuous-Valued Channels.- Markov Structures.- Information Inequalities.- Shannon-Type Inequalities.- Beyond Shannon-Type Inequalities.- Entropy and Groups.- Fundamentals of Network Coding.- The Max-Flow Bound.- Single-Source Linear Network Coding: Acyclic Networks.- Single-Source Linear Network Coding: Cyclic Networks.- Multi-source Network Coding.
