Fifty years of Shannon theory
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- Vol. 44 (6), 2057-2078
- https://doi.org/10.1109/18.720531
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.Keywords
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