纠错编码艺术,Preface
This book is the result of hundreds of emails from all over the world with questions on theory
and applications of error correcting coding (ECC), from colleagues from both academaina d
industry. Most of the questions have been from engineers and computer scientists needing to
select, implement or simulate ap articular coding scheme. The questions were sparkebdy an
ECC web site that was initially set up at Imai Laboratory at the Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo, at the beginning of 1995. The reader will notice the absence of theorems
and proofs in this text. The approach is to teach basic concepts by using simple examples.
References to theoretical developments are made when needed. This bookis intended to be a
reference guide to error correcting coding techniques for graduate students and professionals
interested in learning the basic techniques and applications of ECC. Computer programs
that implement the basic encoding and decoding algorithms of practical coding schemes are
available on a companion web site at:
http://the-art-of-ecc.com
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