Probability and Information : An Integrated Approach (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Combinatorics; 3. Sets and measures; 4. Probability; 5. Discrete random variables; 6. Information and entropy; 7. Communication; 8. Random variables with probability density functions; 9. Random vectors; Exploring further; Appendix 1: Proof by induction; Appendix 2: Lagrange multipliers; Appendix 3: Integration of exp(-x2/2); Appendix 4: Table of probabilities associated with the standard normal distribution; Solutions to selected exercises.