A Mathematical Theory of Communication By C. E. SHANNON INTRODUCTION THE recent development of various methods of modulation such as PCM and PPM which exchange bandwidth for signal-to-noise ratio has intensified the interest in a general theory of c
CONTENTS Contents v Preface to the Second Edition xv Preface to the First Edition xvii Acknowledgments for the Second Edition xxi Acknowledgments for the First Edition xxiii 1 Introduction and Preview 1.1 Preview of the Book 2 Entropy, Relative Entr
