Source record / 1948

A Mathematical Theory of Communication

Claude E. Shannon

Paper

Publication

Bell System Technical Journal 27, 379–423 · 1948

DOI: 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x

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Foundational communication theory; entropy measures uncertainty, not subjective meaning. Publisher metadata verified.

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