Todays pervasive computing and communications networks have created an intense need for secure and reliable cryptographic systems. In addition to the classical topics, there are such modern topics as the imeasure, shannontype and nonshannontype information inequalities. Gabriel abend northwestern university theory is one of the most important words in the lexicon of contemporary sociology. Feixas m, del acebo e, bekaerty p and sbert m information theory tools for scene discretization proceedings of the 10th eurographics conference on rendering, 95106.
Your recommendation appears on that list, so ill be sure to check my local library. Blahut at the heart of any modern communication system is the modem, connecting the data source to the communication channel. A comprehensive instructors manual is available upon re. Blahut is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the university of illinois, urbanachampaign. Freely browse and use ocw materials at your own pace. This section lists books whose publishers or authors maintain online information regarding the contents of the books. Ibook, powerbook duo, powerbook g4, powerbook g3, powerbook 500 series, macbook pro, macbook, powerbook 190, powerbook. So, i searched for books on information theory in places other than reddit, and in my search i found this list of books for anyone else who is also interested in learning information theory. The shannonmcmillan theorem of information theory has been generalized by moy and perez. A first course in information theory, however, another delectable dish gets served up in each of the sixteen chapters. Calderbank, fellow, ieee invited paper abstract in 1948 shannon developed fundamental limits on. This note will cover both classical and modern topics, including information entropy, lossless data compression, binary hypothesis testing.
Therefore the conditional entropy hyx is 0 if and only if y is a function of x. Principles and practice of information theory book. Computation of channel capacity and ratedistortion functions. Computational information theory, in complexity in information theory, pp. Elements of information theory second edition solutions to. This book has been chosen from a number of good books. Extracareis taken in handlingjointdistributions withzeroprobability masses. The last few years have witnessed the rapid development of network coding into a research eld of its own in information science. Pdf lecture notes in information theory part i researchgate. A number of additional books will be put on reserve in the. He is life fellow of the ieee and the recipient of many awards including the ieee alexander graham bell medal 1998 and claude e. The book by blahut is not oriented to these new developments in information theory. Principles and practice of information theory addisonwesley series in electrical and computer engineering 9780201107098 by blahut, richard e. Calculate the probability that if somebody is tall meaning taller than 6 ft or whatever, that person must be male.
Blahut 14 and there is reason to resist any balkanization of. This is the traditional early fare of an information theory text, but yeung. The notion of distortion is a subject of ongoing discussion. Useful identities and inequalities in information theory are derived and explained. A first course in information theory, however, another delectable dish gets served up in each ofthe sixteen chapters.
Components of information theory, and fundamentals of network coding theory. Principles and practice of information theory addison. Chapters 1 through 7 deal with the basic concepts of entropy and information with applications to lossless source coding. Drucker eminent faculty award, and the ieee millennium medal. For help with downloading a wikipedia page as a pdf, see help. Examples are entropy, mutual information, conditional entropy, conditional information, and relative entropy discrimination, kullbackleibler. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The book was first published in 2003 and is aimed at graduate students of electrical and computer engineering, and at practising engineers whose. This book is an evolution from my book a first course in information theory published in 2002 when network coding was still at its infancy. Information theory and complexity, communication and computation e. Bringing together a fascinating mixture of topics in engineering, mathematics, computer science, and informatics, this book presents the timeless mathematical theory underpinning cryptosystems both old and new.
Information inequalities are sometimes called the laws of information the ory because they govern the impossibilities in information theory. Richard blahut presents a unified analysis of the mathematical methods that underlie the various algorithms used in remote image formation. First, i am indebted to toby berger who taught me information theory and writing. In many applications, images, such as ultrasonic or xray signals, are recorded and then analyzed with digital or optical processors in order to extract information. He then discusses two and threedimensional fourier transform theory, the ambiguity function, image construction and reconstruction, tomography, baseband surveillance systems, and passive systems where the signal source might be an earthquake or a galaxy. Ece642 information theory and source coding mark r. Buy this book on publishers site reprints and permissions. Blahut is the author of theory and practice of error control codes 3. Cryptography and secure communication by richard e. Principles and practice of information theory, by richard e. Principles and practice of information theory by richard e.
Information theory is a branch of mathematics based on probability theory andstatistical theory. In ratedistortion theory, the rate is usually understood as the number of bits per data sample to be stored or transmitted. This is intended to be a simple and accessible book on information theory. An iterative algorithm developed by arimoto ll and blahut 37. Gallager, information theory and reliable communication, wiley, 1968. I did not read them shame on me, so i cant say if theyre good or not. Yet, their ubiquity notwithstanding, it is quite unclear what sociologists mean by the words theory, theoretical, and theorize. He received his phd electrical engineering from cornell university in 1972. Free information theory books download ebooks online. Chapters i through 7 deal with the basic concepts of entropy and information with applications to lossless source coding. Venkat anatharam, dick blahut, dave delchamps, terry. It covers the classical information theory based upon the shannon entropy.
Information theory and coding the computer laboratory. You are invited to submit urls of books that you believe to be relevant to the interests of information theory researchers. This first course in the mathematical theory of modem design introduces the theory of digital modulation and coding that underpins the design of digital telecommunications systems. Throughout the book, mathematical theory is illustrated by reference to many practical examples. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The notion of entropy, which is fundamental to the whole topic of this book, is introduced here. Blahut s most popular book is theory and practice of error control codes. Cover and thomas wrote a book on information theory 72 ten years ago which covers. This is an exercise in manipulating conditional probabilities. Elements of information theory, purdue engineering.
In chapter, the geometrical meaning of information inequalities and the relation between information inequalities and conditional independence are explained in depth. Which is the best introductory book for information theory. Richard blahut, born june 9, 1937 former chair of the electrical and computer engineering department at the university of illinois at urbanachampaign, is best known for his work in information theory e. Theory and practice of error control codes 1983 edition.
This book is an uptodatetreatment of information theory for discrete random variables, which forms the foundation of the theory at large. They have been active contributors of major research results in information theory, over the past four decades and are uniquely quali ed to write a research monograph on information theory. Information theory this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. A tutorial introduction, by me jv stone, published february 2015. In many applications, images, such as ultrasonic or xray signals, are recorded and then analyzed with. Cambridge core remote sensing and gis theory of remote image formation by richard e. Information theory and network coding springerlink. Ratedistortion theory was created by claude shannon in his foundational work on information theory. There are eight chapters on classical topics chapters. Principles and practice of information theory guide books. Part i is a rigorous treatment of information theory for discrete and continuous systems.
In chapter 10, the blahutarimoto algorithms for computing channel ca. Theory and practice of error control codes, addisonwesley, reading, ma. Theory and practice of error control codes 9780201101027 by blahut, richard e. Start by marking principles and practice of information theory as want to read. Theory of remote image formation by blahut, richard e.
Principles and practice of information theory blahut, richard e. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. For further reading, here are some other readings that my professor did recommend. Elements of information theory fundamentals of computational. Theory and practice of error control codes read online.