Information & Coding Theory

229 pp. "Information Theory Measure by the axiomatic approach of Feinstein is developed and progresses to a discussion of the mathematical tools with which communication systems are analyzed and from which the techniques of Coding Theory are developed. Many practical coding schemes are discussed, providing a book useful to both the student and practicing engineer. Its emphasis is on physical insight, a practical orientation of problems including those specifically tailored for solution on the digital computer. Popular and new coding schemes are discussed and the recent technique of combining tree codes and blocks to form a hybrid tree-block code is included."