Information Science

David G. Luenberger
Pub: Princeton University Press, New York, 2006

From the introduction: Advances in information technology are transforming civilization more profoundly and with greater speed than any other technical revolution in history. Yet, if pressed to explain what defines the information age, there is not a single answer: it is the technology of the internet, it is the ability to access vast and diversified data with relative ease, it is greater freedom and convenience to communicate directly with others, and it is new forms of business, entertainment, and education. that lead to good investment decisions.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction

   PART I Entropy

2. Information Definition
3. Codes
4. Compression
5. Channels
6. Error Correcting Codes

   PART II Economics

7. Markets
8. Pricing Schemes
9. Value
10. Interaction

    PART III Encryption

11. Ciphers
12. Cryptography Theory
13. Public Key Cryptography
14. Security Protocols

    PART IV Extraction

15. Data Structures
16. Database Systems
17. Information Retrieval
18. Data Mining

    PART V Emission

19. Frequency Concepts
20. Radio Waves
21. Sampling and Capacity
22. Networks