Elements of Information Theory
Elements of Information Theory Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas Copyright 1991 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Print ISBN 0-471-06259-6 Online ISBN 0-471-20061-1
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THOMAS
M. COVER
Stanford University Stanford, California
JOY A. THOMAS
IBM T. 1. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, New York
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