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Shannon (unit)

Known as: Shannon 
The shannon (symbol Sh), also known as a bit, is a unit of information and of entropy defined by IEC 80000-13. One shannon is the information content… 
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Binary entropy functionByteConditional entropyEntropy (information theory)

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
FHCF: A Simple and Efficient Scheduling Scheme for IEEE 802.11e Wireless LAN
The IEEE 802.11e medium access control (MAC) layer protocol is an emerging standard to support quality of service (QoS) in 802.11… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
DSC‐Ritz method for high‐mode frequency analysis of thick shallow shells
This paper addresses a challenging problem in computational mechanics—the analysis of thick shallow shells vibrating at high… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Near-Shannon-limit quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check codes
This letter presents two classes of quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check codes that perform close to the Shannon limit. 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Product accumulate codes: a class of codes with near-capacity performance and low decoding complexity
We propose a novel class of provably good codes which are a serial concatenation of a single-parity-check (SPC)-based product… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Entropy and self-organization in multi-agent systems
Emergent self-organization in multi-agent systems appears to contradict the second law of thermodynamics. This paradox has been… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the 5th Conference
S. D. Burley BG Technology, Loughborough R.E. Dunay Mobil North Sea Limited, London S. S. Flint University of Liverpool S. I… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Generalized information theory
Provides an overview of major developments pertaining to generalized information theory during the lifetime of Kybernetes… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Wireless digital communication: a view based on three lessons learned
The implications of Shannon's information theory for personal communication network (PCN) design are outlined. Examples of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
On the cognitive aspects of the joke
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
A note off two binary signaling alphabets
A generalization of Hamming's single error correcting codes is given along with a simple maximum likelihood detection scheme. For… 
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