Error-Correcting Codes, Second 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 contains essentially all of the material of the first edition; however, the authors state that because there has been so much new work published in error-correcting codes, the preparation of this second edition proved to be a much greater task than writing the original book. The major additions are the chapters on majority-logic codes, synchronization, and convolutional codes. Much new material has also been added to the chapters on important linear block codes and cyclic codes. The authors cite some highly regarded books on recent work done in Eastern Europe and an extensive bibliography on coding theory in the Soviet Union sic]. In its much-expanded form, Error-Correcting Codes may be considered another valuable contribution to computer coding.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262527316
• ISBN13: 9780262527316
• Release Date: March 1972
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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