Error-Correcting Codes - Revised, 2nd Edition

By W. Wesley Peterson

Book Overview

Error-Correcting Codes, by Professor Peterson, was originally published in 1961. Now, with E. J. Weldon, Jr., as his coauthor, Professor Peterson has extensively rewritten his material. The book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262160390
• ISBN13: 9780262160391
• Release Date: March 1972
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Length: 555 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Basic and Complete Text for 1970-era Error Correcting Codes

Appendix C Table C.2 (Irreducible Polynomials of Degree <35 over Galois Field(2)) makes this book worth the price. Suddenly, instant (and maybe obscure) scramblers and random-number generators up to 2^35-1 length (10 seconds at 3.3GHz). Suddenly, that XILINX(tm) scrambler for degree = 12 that they've been giving away for many years can be checked, and you see it's not really maximal-length!

A text for the advanced student

A long time ago I had this text for an extraordinarily difficult course in error correcting codes. As an introductory text I found this one too difficult. An engineer more skilled in the art that I talked to liked it. While I have trouble rating this item , I can accurately say that it is not a good choice for beginners in the field. It may be good for the advanced user. A rating is required for posting so I will give it a 4 based on others opinions. I had a better start with Lin/Costello's book. 1/7/2007

Bible of the field

It is must read. Mathematically very deep