CMSC 24000

Information Theory and Coding (PSYC28800/38800)

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Catalog Description: An introduction to the mathematical theory of information with emphasis on coding, especially the development of efficient codes. Topics include an introduction to coding, quantification of information and its properties, Huffman codes, arithmetic codes, L to Z and other adaptive coding techniques, and specific applications.

Instructors: A. Bookstein
Quarter offered: Winter.

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