Series on Multivariate Analysis - Vol. 4
ABSTRACT METHODS IN INFORMATION THEORY
by Yûichirô Kakihara (University of California, Riverside)
Information Theory is studied from the following view points: (1) the theory of entropy as amount of information; (2) the mathematical structure of information sources (probability measures); and (3) the theory of information channels. Shannon entropy and Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy are defined and their basic properties are examined, where the latter entropy is extended to be a linear functional on a certain set of measures. Ergodic and mixing properties of stationary sources are studied as well as AMS (asymptotically mean stationary) sources. The main purpose of this book is to present information channels in the environment of real and functional analysis as well as probability theory. Ergodic channels are characterized in various manners. Mixing and AMS channels are also considered in detail with some illustrations. A few other aspects of information channels including measurability, approximation and noncommutative extensions, are also discussed.
Contents:
- Entropy
- Information Sources
- Information Channels
- Special
Topics
Readership: Probabilists, analysts and communication engineers.
"It is an interesting book that concentrates on a few themes, but treats them in depth and generality, and brings out a number of mathematical properties in terms of algebraic characterizations ..."
| Mathematical Reviews, 2003 |
| 264pp |
Pub. date: Oct 1999 |
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