Coding and Information Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

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Summary: fundamentals
Review: Book is somewhat dated in the sense of application to current digital signal processing techniques, however it provides a good basic direction where the topic of information theory directs itself. At first appearance book seems overly complex, but is rather basic. Does not include advance topics such as pulsed modulation coding or topics such as constellation coding. A better source is to jump right in with Matlabs Communication toolbox.

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Summary: A good book for learning both coding and information theory
Review: It was a pleasure reading this book! I think Roman provides a fresh introduction to information theory and shows its inherent connections with coding theory. I found his presentation on the noisy coding theorem very well written. Another enjoyable part of the book is his treatment of linear codes. He weaves a web on intrigue around it, showing it from different perspectives (e.g. a design theory view, field , and vector space view). Two thumbs up!

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Summary: A good book for learning both coding and information theory
Review: It was a pleasure reading this book! I think Roman provides a fresh introduction to information theory and shows its inherent connections with coding theory. I found his presentation on the noisy coding theorem very well written. Another enjoyable part of the book is his treatment of linear codes. He weaves a web on intrigue around it, showing it from different perspectives (e.g. a design theory view, field , and vector space view). Two thumbs up!

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Summary: Very useful for studing, teaching and reference
Review: This book is a very good survey on its subject. It has been a pleasure to work with it in my teaching and also in my research. One of its obvious advantages is its careful presentation of the basics on noisy coding and Shannon's theorem, which is neglected in most of the many alternatives. All further parts including the well written appendix are a detailed and useful source of information. For my personal taste, Chapter 2 dealing with noiseless coding could easily have been omitted, and instead, it would have been desirable to add a chapter on codes coming from algebraic geometry.