The theory of error correcting codes / F. J. MacWilliams, N. J. A. Sloane.
By: MacWilliams, F. J. (Florence Jessie)
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Contributor(s): Sloane, N. J. A. (Neil James Alexander).
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BookSeries: North-Holland mathematical library ; v, 16.Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York : New York : North-Holland Pub. Co., sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier/North-Holland, 1977Description: 2 v. (xv, 762 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0444850090 (v. 1).Subject(s): Error-correcting codes (Information theory)DDC classification: 005.72 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 005.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00038506 |
Bibliography: p. [703]-755. - Includes index.
Linear codes -- Nonlinear codes,Hadamard matrices, designs and the Golay code -- An introduction to BCH codes and finite fields -- Finite fields -- Dual codes and their weight distribution -- Codes, designs and perfect codes -- Cyclic codes -- Cyclic codes (contd.):indempotents and Mattson Solomon polynomials -- BCH codes -- Reed solomon and Justeen codes -- MDS codes -- Alternant, Goppa and other generalized BCH codes -- Reed Muller codes -- First order Reed Muller codes -- Second order Reed Muller and Preparata codes -- Quadratic residue codes -- Bounds on the size of a code -- Methods for combining codes -- Self dual codes and invariant theory -- The Golay codes -- Association schemes.