This is a PDF document written by
J.G. Daugman on the fundamentals of the theory of information and coding.
Beginning with the very basic concept of probability and uncertainty, and the
concept of information, it arrives at entropies and their meaning. It deals with
the source coding theorems: prefix, variable-length, and fixed-length codes. It
looks into several kinds of channels, their properties, noise, and channel
capacity. The further topics delve into detail with continuous information,
noisy channel coding theorems, Fourier series elaborated on in making matters of
convergence, orthogonal representation, and useful Fourier theorems. The text
also expands into aspects such as sampling and aliasing, DFT, FFT algorithms,
and the quantized degrees-of-freedom in continuous signals and concludes with
discussions on the Gabor-Heisenberg-Weyl uncertainty relation and Kolmogorov
complexity for a general overview of some of the key principles of information
theory and coding.
The lecture notes
of Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rudolf Mathar give a clear and very compact introduction
into information theory. These notes are divided into three key parts: the
basics of information theory, source coding, and information channels. The
introduction treats the basic notions and definitions in information theory in a
very solid way. Source coding gives methods and different techniques that are
used in encoding information, while the information channels section discusses
the pattern in which information is carried and noise that affects it. This
resource is a good pick for students and professionals who seek structure in the
principles of information theory and its applications from a respected expert in
the field.
Author(s): Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rudolf Mathar, Institute
for Theoretical Information Technology Kopernikusstr, Germany
This note serves as a comprehensive guide to fundamental concepts in
information theory and coding. This pdf provides discrete probability theory,
information theory, and coding principles. Beginning with Shannon's measure of
information, then delves into the efficient coding of information, the
methodology of typical sequences is introduced, emphasizing the distinction
between lossy and lossless source encoding. The text also discusses coding for
noisy digital channels, block coding principles and tree and trellis coding
principles.
This
lecture note navigates through information theory, statistics and measure theory. It
covers fundamental concepts such as definitions, chain rules, data processing
inequalities, and divergences and extends to optimal procedures, LeCam’s and
Fano’s inequalities, and operational results like entropy and source coding. It
also focus on exponential families and statistical modeling, fitting procedures,
and lower bounds on testing parameters, sub-Gaussian and sub-exponential random
variables, martingale methods, uniformity covering topics such as
Kullback-Leibler divergence, PAC-Bayes bounds, interactive data analysis, and
error bounds.
Om Carter-Introduction to information theory and entropy: It goes in deep
to do some basic concepts of information theory, focusing on the concept of
entropy and its applications. It does so by first investigating the measure of
complexity and the elementary theories of probability before introducing some
key ideas in information theory. It ranges from basic issues, such as entropy
theory and the Gibbs inequality, up to Shannon's communication theory but also
to practical applications in many diversified fields. Other topics dealt with
are Bayes Theorem, analog channels, the Maximum Entropy Principle, and
applications to biology and physics. The Kullback-Leibler information measure
will be discussed in trying to cast light upon quantification of information and
its relations with different fields of science. This book should be ideal for
the general reader interested in information theory and its immense areas of
application..
Prof. Tsachy Weissman's
lecture notes are an excellent summary of the core topics in the subject of
information theory. The document initiates with a basic overview of entropy and
relative entropy, followed by mutual information and asymptotic equipartition
property. Further, it discusses communications theory, channel capacity, and the
method of types. It also covers key topics such as typicality-conditioned and
joint, lossy compression, and rate-distortion theory. The notes also include
joint source-channel coding, where there is quite a good grasp of the principles
and applications of information theory. These notes will be very helpful for
students and professionals looking forward to structured, comprehensive
knowledge about the subject.
This is a PDF document written by
J.G. Daugman on the fundamentals of the theory of information and coding.
Beginning with the very basic concept of probability and uncertainty, and the
concept of information, it arrives at entropies and their meaning. It deals with
the source coding theorems: prefix, variable-length, and fixed-length codes. It
looks into several kinds of channels, their properties, noise, and channel
capacity. The further topics delve into detail with continuous information,
noisy channel coding theorems, Fourier series elaborated on in making matters of
convergence, orthogonal representation, and useful Fourier theorems. The text
also expands into aspects such as sampling and aliasing, DFT, FFT algorithms,
and the quantized degrees-of-freedom in continuous signals and concludes with
discussions on the Gabor-Heisenberg-Weyl uncertainty relation and Kolmogorov
complexity for a general overview of some of the key principles of information
theory and coding.