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Course Catalog 2011-2012
MAT-51216 Information Theory, 4 cr |
Additional information
In 2010-2011: periods 3-4
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Will not be lectured year 2011-2012
Person responsible
Stephane Foldes
Requirements
Final exam plus classroom activity, 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 |
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Correspondence of content
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