A mathematical theory of communication
@article{Shannon1948AMT,
title={A mathematical theory of communication},
author={C. Shannon},
journal={Bell Syst. Tech. J.},
year={1948},
volume={27},
pages={379-423}
}In this final installment of the paper we consider the case where the signals or the messages or both are continuously variable, in contrast with the discrete nature assumed until now. To a considerable extent the continuous case can be obtained through a limiting process from the discrete case by dividing the continuum of messages and signals into a large but finite number of small regions and calculating the various parameters involved on a discrete basis. As the size of the regions is… CONTINUE READING
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