Category Archives: Information Theory

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

“The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you’re willing to risk the consequences. ” –from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul … Continue reading

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Information and Complexity in Statistical Modeling (Information Science and Statistics)

No statistical model is “true” or “false,” “right” or “wrong”; the models just have varying performance, which can be assessed. The main theme in this book is to teach modeling based on the principle that the objective is to extract … Continue reading

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Multimedia Data Hiding

Comprehensive coverage of an important and current hot topic.; Details both theoretical as well as practical aspects.; Presents new data hiding algorithms for images and videos.; Reveals a number of attacks and countermeasures for data hiding systems, with a focus … Continue reading

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Theoretical Computer Science: Introduction to Automata, Computability, Complexity, Algorithmics, Randomization, Communication, and Cryptography (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)

Juraj Hromkovic takes the reader on an elegant route through the theoretical fundamentals of computer science. The author shows that theoretical computer science is a fascinating discipline, full of spectacular contributions and miracles. The book also presents the development of … Continue reading

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Entropy and Information Theory

This book is an updated version of the information theory classic, first published in 1990. About one-third of the book is devoted to Shannon source and channel coding theorems; the remainder addresses sources, channels, and codes and on information and … Continue reading

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Intrusion Detection and Correlation: Challenges and Solutions (Advances in Information Security)

Details how intrusion detection works in network security with comparisons to traditional methods such as firewalls and cryptography Analyzes the challenges in interpreting and correlating Intrusion Detection alerts

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Philosophy of Quantum Information and Entanglement

Recent work in quantum information science has produced a revolution in our understanding of quantum entanglement. Scientists now view entanglement as a physical resource with many important applications. These range from quantum computers, which would be able to compute exponentially … Continue reading

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Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling (Advances in Geographic Information Science)

This book focuses on the nature and characteristics of open source geospatial (OSG) software. Therole of OSG approaches in spatial data handling is the cross-cutting theme of the book. Various sub-themes are explored that introduce readers unfamiliar to OSG software … Continue reading

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Handover in DVB-H: Investigations and Analysis (Signals and Communication Technology)

This book gives a detail description of the handover issues in DVB-H networks, in converged DVB-H/UMTS networks and in hybrid DVB-H/DMB-T networks. Besides, the DVB-H signalling information including ESG is discussed. The current status and the future research directions of … Continue reading

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Number Theory for Computing

This book provides a good introduction to the classical elementary number theory and the modern algorithmic number theory, and their applications in computing and information technology, including computer systems design, cryptography and network security. In this second edition proofs of … Continue reading

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