Foundations of Information Theory
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Foundations of Information Theory
Information has become the most precious resource of society. At the same time, there is no consensus on the meaning of the term " information, " and many researchers have considered problems of information definition. This results in a quantity of contradictions, misconceptions, and paradoxes related to the world of information. To remedy the situation, a new approach in information theory, wh...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Econometrica
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0012-9682
DOI: 10.2307/1909362