Course Catalog 2009-2010
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Course Catalog 2009-2010

MAT-51216 Information Theory, 4 cr

Person responsible

Stephane Foldes

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Final exam plus activity points and class tests, particulars to be announced during first lecture.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Strings and codes. Unique decipherability of variable length codes. Kraft's inequality. The Kraft-McMillan theorems. Huffman encoding. Entropy. Transmission rate and error correction rate of fixed length codes.     
2. COURSE NOT GIVEN IN 2009-2010     


Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Introduction to Coding and Information Theory.   Roman, S.       Springer-Verlag (-96).      English  
Other literature   research article/ classroom handout material              Suomi  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
MAT-20500 Todennäköisyyslaskenta Advisable    
MAT-21160 Algoritmimatematiikka Mandatory    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
MAT-51216 Information Theory, 4 cr 73121 Information Theory, 2 cu  

Last modified24.06.2009
ModifierStephane Foldes