Entropy, Search, Complexity (Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies)
Contributors: Imre Csiszár (Editor); Gyula O.H. Katona (Editor); Gabor Tardos (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer; Janos Bolyai Mathematical Society
Published: March 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9783540325734
Subjects: Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Computer Science; Discrete Mathematics; Coding; Combinatorical Search; Complexity; Entropy; Mathematics / Combinatorics; Topology; Information Theory; Combinatorics; Computational complexity; Entropy (Information theory); Search theory
Description: The present volume is a collection of survey papers in the fields of entropy, search and complexity. They summarize the latest developments in their respective areas. More than half of the papers belong to search theory which lies on the borderline of mathematics and computer science, information theory and combinatorics, respectively. Search theory has variegated applications, among others in bioinformatics. Some of these papers also have links to linear statistics and communicational complexity. Further works survey the fundamentals of information theory and quantum source coding. The volume is recommended to experienced researchers as well as young scientists and students both in mathematics and computer science.