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If you are math inclined, Cover & Thomas’ “elements of information theory” is a very clear and readable introduction (more for coding, less for channels, but gr
by beagle3 8y ago
If you are math inclined, Cover & Thomas’ “elements of information theory” is a very clear and readable introduction (more for coding, less for channels, but great overall).
If you consider giving it another chance.
- mturmon 8y agoI heartily agree with this. Cover and Thomas was a huge leap in clarity and digestibility over the canonical texts of the time - it still holds up today. I took two grad-level information theory classes, one from Blahut's book, and one from Cover and Thomas, and the difference was night and day. I definitely recommend the book -- even the first two chapters (that define entropy and related concepts, and that cover the AEP) would be a good first cut.
- lp251 8y agoeven blahut didn’t use blahuts book. he used cover