Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding: The Adventures of Secret Agent 00111

Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding is an outgrowth of a one­ semester introductory course that has been taught at the University of Southern California since the mid—1960s. Lecture notes from that course have evolved in response to student reaction, new technological and theoretical developments, and the insights of faculty members who have taught the course (in­ cluding the three of us). In presenting this material, we have made it accessible to a broad audience by limiting pr...