ArticleRead (9): Recent Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Communication

Recent Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Communication，By Warren Weaver, In Claude Shannon, A Mathematical Theory of Communication，IL：The University of Illinois Press，1949

What are concepts the theory develops?

1. Deal with the statistical character of a whole ensemble of messages
2. In statistical terms the two words information & uncertainty are partners
3. “missing information”*==* the entropy *==* the language of arithmetic *==* the language of language

Indentify three levels of communication problems as table 1 shows:


Schematic diagram of a general communication system and three main categories of communication systems classification as figure 1 shows:


Schematic diagram of a general communication system: minor additions for Level B as figure 2 shows:


Note: This review was mainly completed as a homework while taking the Humanity Informatics Class lectured by Professor Ching-Chun Hsieh in Dec. 2006.