Transmitting and Gaining Data: Rudolf Ahlswede's Lectures on Information Theory 2

by Rudolf Ahlswede

Words and Introduction of the Editors.- Preface.- I.Transmitting Data.- 1.Special Channels.- 2.Algorithms for Computing Channel Capacities and Rate-distortion Functions.- 3.Shannon's Model for Continuous Transmission.- 4.On Sliding-Block Codes.- 5.On λ-Capacities and Information Stability.- 6.Channels with Infinite Alphabets.- II.Gaining Data.- 7.Selected Topics of Information Theory and Mathematical Statistics.- 8.β-Biased Estimators in Data Compression.- III.Supplement.- Rudolf Ahlswede 1938-2010.- Comments by Gerhard Kramer.- List of Notations.- Index.- Name Index.

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 14, 2015