Information and Measurement. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J.C.G. Lesurf.
• Authors: Lesurf, J. C. G (James Christopher George)
• Contents: Where does information come from?; Signals and messages; Noise; Uncertain measurements; Surprises and redundancy; Detecting and correcting mistakes; The sampling theorem; The information carrying capacity of a channel; The CD player as an information channel; The CD player as a measurement system; Oversampling, noise shaping, and digital filtering; Analog or digital?; Sensors and amplifiers; Power coupling and optimum S/N; Signal averaging; Phase sensitive detection; Synchronous integration; Data compression; Data thinning; Chaos rules!; Spies and secret messages; One bit more; What have we here?; Time and frequency; Frequency measurement systems; Appendix 1: Solutions to numerical questions; Appendix 2: Programs; Index
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 003/.54; Information technology; SCIENCE / System Theory; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Operations Research; Information technology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482289527; 1482289520
• Related ISBNs: 9780750308236; 9781138429949
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 12, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.