Thursday, April 13, 2006

A Mathematical Theory of communication (IIPM-Press Article)

A good dictionary will trace the word back to the Latin verb informar, which means “to give form to.” Some reflection is required to see the similarity between its etymology and defining information as “that which reduces uncertainty” as did the late Claude Shannon, whose work “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” provides the foundation for information theory, as well as, a quantitative measure of information.

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Source:-IIPM-Editorial,2006