Information theory
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information-theory-187-8123269
title:
Information theory
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Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information. The field was established and put on a firm footing by Claude Shannon in the 1940s, though early contributions were made in the 1920s through the works of Harry Nyquist and Ralph Hartley. It is at the intersection of electronic engineering, mathematics, statistics, computer science, neurobiology, physics, and electrical engineering. A key measure in information theory is entropy. Entrop
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Scientific study of digital information
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_theory
date created:
2001-05-20T08:08:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T14:50:34Z
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