A Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude E. Shannon A Note on the Edition Claude Shannon's ``A mathematical theory of communication'' was first published in two parts in the July and October 1948 editions of the Bell System Technical Journal . The paper has appeared in a number of republications since: The original 1948 version was reproduced in the collection Key Papers in the ...

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Claude Shannon (1916- ) and Communication Theory In the late 1940s Claude Shannon, a research mathematician at Bell Telephone Laboratories, invented a mathematical theory of communication that gave the first systematic framework in which to optimally design telephone systems. The main questions motivating this were how to design telephone systems to carry the maximum amount of information and ...

Organization Board of Governors Operations Chapters Related Organizations Staff Member Programs Documents Committee Homepage Communication Theory Back Communication Theory This committee sponsors conference sessions, workshops, tutorials, as well as promoting and reviewing papers in the broad area of communication theory, with emphasis on applications to practical systems. The technical content ...