Difference between revisions of "Information Theory"
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Since the early beginnings of communications as an engineering discipline, many engineers and mathematicians have sought to find a quantitative measure of | Since the early beginnings of communications as an engineering discipline, many engineers and mathematicians have sought to find a quantitative measure of | ||
| − | *the $\rm Information$ (in general: "the knowledge of something") contained in a $\rm message$ (here we understand "a collection of symbols and/or states"). | + | *the $\rm Information$ (in general: "the knowledge of something") contained in a $\rm message$ (here we understand "a collection of symbols and/or states"). |
| − | The (abstract) information is communicated by the (concrete) message and can be seen as an interpretation of a message. | + | The (abstract) information is communicated by the (concrete) message and can be seen as an interpretation of a message. |
| − | [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon Claude Elwood Shannon] succeeded in 1948 in establishing a consistent theory of the information content of messages, which was revolutionary in its time and created a new, still highly topical field of science: the theory named after him $\text{Shannon's Information Theory}$. | + | [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon Claude Elwood Shannon] succeeded in 1948 in establishing a consistent theory of the information content of messages, which was revolutionary in its time and created a new, still highly topical field of science: the theory named after him $\text{Shannon's Information Theory}$. |
| − | The | + | The subject matter corresponds to a $\text{lecture with two semester hours per week (SWS) and one additional SWS exercise}$. |
| − | Here is a table of contents based on the $\text{four main chapters}$ with a total of $\text{13 individual chapters}$. | + | Here is a table of contents based on the $\text{four main chapters}$ with a total of $\text{13 individual chapters}$. |
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Revision as of 12:45, 26 September 2021
Since the early beginnings of communications as an engineering discipline, many engineers and mathematicians have sought to find a quantitative measure of
- the $\rm Information$ (in general: "the knowledge of something") contained in a $\rm message$ (here we understand "a collection of symbols and/or states").
The (abstract) information is communicated by the (concrete) message and can be seen as an interpretation of a message.
Claude Elwood Shannon succeeded in 1948 in establishing a consistent theory of the information content of messages, which was revolutionary in its time and created a new, still highly topical field of science: the theory named after him $\text{Shannon's Information Theory}$.
The subject matter corresponds to a $\text{lecture with two semester hours per week (SWS) and one additional SWS exercise}$.
Here is a table of contents based on the $\text{four main chapters}$ with a total of $\text{13 individual chapters}$.
Contents
In addition to these theory pages, we also offer Exercises and multimedia modules that could help to clarify the teaching material:
- $\text{Exercises}$
- $\text{Learning videos}$
- $\text{redesigned applets}$, based on HTML5, also executable on smartphones
- $\text{former Applets}$, based on SWF, executable only under WINDOWS with Adobe Flash Player.
$\text{More links:}$
$(1)$ $\text{Recommended literature for the book}$
$(2)$ $\text{General notes about the book}$ (Authors, other participants, materials as a starting point for the book, list of sources)
