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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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These notes are for the Spring 2006 offering, and will be placed here as
revised during the semester.
Notes for earlier offerings are available
also: Spring 2003,
Spring 2004, and
Spring 2005.
Note that these notes are still under development.
We would appreciate learning of any errors, and
would be pleased to
receive suggestions for improvements. Please use the comment form linked below.
Preface (version 1.3)
Chapter 1. Bits (version 1.3)
Chapter 2. Codes (version 1.3)
Detail: ASCII
Detail: Integer Codes
Detail: The Genetic Code
Detail: IP Addresses
Detail: Morse Code
Transcribing RNA to Proteins
Chapter 3. Compression (version 1.3)
Detail: LZW Compression
Detail: 2-D Discrete Cosine Transformation
Chapter 4. Errors (version 1.3)
Chapter 5. Probability (version 1.3)
Detail: Life Insurance
Detail: Efficient Source Code
Chapter 6. Communications (version 1.3)
Detail: Communication System Requirements
Chapter 7. Processes (version 1.3)
Chapter 8. Inference (version 1.3)
Chapter 9. Principle of Maximum Entropy (version 1.3)
Chapter 10. Physical Systems (version 1.3)
Chapter 11. Energy (version 1.3)
Chapter 12. Temperature (version 1.3)
Chapter 13. Quantum Information (version 1.3)
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