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arXiv:1802.05968cs.IT

Information Theory: A Tutorial Introduction

James V Stone

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Shannon's mathematical theory of communication defines fundamental limits on how much information can be transmitted between the different components of any man-made or biological system. This paper is an informal but rigorous introduction to the main ideas implicit in Shannon's theory. An annotated reading list is provided for further reading.

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cs.ITInformation Theory stat.MLMachine Learning (Statistics)

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    • I took AP Stat in HS and then College Stats in college unnecessarily. In HS it was TI-83 calculators, and in college it was excel with optional minitab. R was new then I remember ANOVA being the pinnacle of AP Stat. There are newer ANOVA-like statistical procedures like CANOVA…

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