Algebraic Coding Theory and Information Theory : Dimacs Workshop, Algebraic Coding Theory And Information Theory, December 15-18, 2003, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

A collection of papers presented at or inspired by the DIMACS workshop, Algebraic Coding Theory and Information Theory. Among the topics discussed in this book are universal data compression, graph theoretical ideas in the construction of codes and lattices, decoding algorithms, and computation of capacity in various communications schemes.