Fifty Years of Shannon Theory

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1998
Author
Author: Sergio Verdu
Journal
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Volume
44
Issue
6
Pagination
2057-78
Language
English
Chronological Period
Abstract

A brief chronicle is given of the historical development of the central problems in the theory of fundamental limits of data compression and reliable communication.

Annotation

Part of "Information Theory: 1948-1998: Special Commemorative Issue devoted to examining Shannon's 1948 "A Mathematical Theory of Communication."

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