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Information coding
Fano studies how messages can be recoded to use fewer selections on average in a noiseless system.
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Summary
Fano studies how messages can be recoded to use fewer selections on average in a noiseless system.
Implications for practice
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Recorded connections
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The Transmission of Information presents an account of Information coding
Status: candidate · Relation: presents account of
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Locator: TR 65, abstract; sections I–III
- The Transmission of Information, Technical Report No. 65 (passage checked)
Sources and passage locators
- The Transmission of Information, Technical Report No. 65 (passage checked)
Cite this entry
Taylor, B. P. (2026). Information coding. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/concept_information_coding/
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