Mathematical Theory of Communication

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• A Mathematical Theory of Communication — is an influential[1][2] 1948 article by mathematician Claude E. Shannon. As of August 2011, Google Scholar has listed more than 45,000 unique citations of the article and the later published book version. Description …   Wikipedia

• Communication theory — is a field of information and mathematics that studies the technical process of information[1] and the human process of human communication.[2] Contents 1 History 1.1 Origins …   Wikipedia

• Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems — is a paper published in 1949 by Claude Shannon discussing cryptography from the viewpoint of information theory. It is one of the foundational treatments (arguably the foundational treatment) of modern cryptography. It is also a proof that all… …   Wikipedia

• Theory-based semantics — is a phrase used by Richard L. Ballard to describe knowledge representations that are based on the premise that the binding element of human thought is theory, and that theory constrains the meaning of concepts, ideas and thought patterns… …   Wikipedia

• Communication — For the term used in the game of bridge, see Glossary of contract bridge terms # communication. Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the …   Wikipedia

• Communication studies — For the Community episode, see Communication Studies (Community). Communication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence,… …   Wikipedia

• communication — communicational, adj. /keuh myooh ni kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated. 2. the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs. 3. something imparted,… …   Universalium

• information theory — the mathematical theory concerned with the content, transmission, storage, and retrieval of information, usually in the form of messages or data, and esp. by means of computers. [1945 50] * * * ▪ mathematics Introduction       a mathematical… …   Universalium

• Information theory — Not to be confused with Information science. Information theory is a branch of applied mathematics and electrical engineering involving the quantification of information. Information theory was developed by Claude E. Shannon to find fundamental… …   Wikipedia

• History of information theory — The decisive event which established the discipline of information theory, and brought it to immediate worldwide attention, was the publication of Claude E. Shannon s classic paper A Mathematical Theory of Communication in the Bell System… …   Wikipedia

• Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory — There are close parallels between the mathematical expressions for the thermodynamic entropy, usually denoted by S , of a physical system in the statistical thermodynamics established by Ludwig Boltzmann and J. Willard Gibbs in the 1870s; and the …   Wikipedia