Coding and redundancy man-made and animal-evolved signals /

This book explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals (e.g., traffic lights and tornado sirens) and animal-evolved signals (e.g., color patterns and vocalizations). The book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted red...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hailman, Jack Parker, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Coding theory.
Animal communication > Mathematical models.
Information theory.
Information Theory
Communication animale > Modèles mathématiques.
Théorie de l'information.
Coding theory
Information theory
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • I Coding
  • Introduction
  • 2 Binary Coding
  • 3 Multi-valued Coding
  • 4 Multivariate Coding
  • II Redundancy
  • Introduction
  • 5 Intrinsic Redundancy
  • 6 Redundancy Reduction
  • 7 Designed Redundancy
  • Appendix A: List of Equations
  • Appendix B: How to Find Base-2 Logarithms on a Pocket Calculator
  • Appendix C: Binary Pervasiveness
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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