Download or read book General Theory of Information Transfer and Combinatorics written by Rudolf Ahlswede and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects 63 revised, full-papers contributed to a research project on the "General Theory of Information Transfer and Combinatorics" that was hosted from 2001-2004 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF) of Bielefeld University and several incorporated meetings. Topics covered include probabilistic models, cryptology, pseudo random sequences, quantum models, pattern discovery, language evolution, and network coding.