Information Theory and Statistics: A Tutorial is concerned with applications of information theory concepts in statistics, in the finite alphabet setting. The topics covered include large deviations, hypothesis testing, maximum likelihood estimation in exponential families, analysis of contingency tables, and iterative algorithms with an "information geometry" background. Also, an introduction is provided to the theory of universal coding, and to statistical inference via the minimum description length principle motivated by that theory. The tutorial does not assume the reader has an in-depth...

Csiszar and Korner's book is widely regarded as a classic in the field of information theory, providing deep insights and expert treatment of the key theoretical issues. It includes in-depth coverage of the mathematics of reliable information transmission, both in two-terminal and multi-terminal network scenarios. Updated and considerably expanded, this new edition presents unique discussions of information theoretic secrecy and of zero-error information theory, including the deep connections of the latter with extremal combinatorics. The presentations of all core subjects are self contained,...

The present volume is a collection of survey papers in the ?elds given in the title. They summarize the latest developments in their respective areas. More than half of the papers belong to search theory which lies on the borderline of mathematics and computer science, information theory and combinatorics, respectively. The volume is slightly related to the twin conferences "Search And Communication Complexity" and "Information Theory In Mathematics" held at Balatonlelle, Hungary in 2000. These conferences led us to believe that there is a need for such a collection of papers. The paper...

The Conference on Stochastic Differential and Difference Equations held at Gyor, Hungary, August 21-24,1996 was organized jointly by Eotvos Lonind University, Budapest and Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, with the sponsorship of the Hungarian Regional, the International Executive and the European Regional Committees of the Bernoulli Society as a satellite event to the 4th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society, August 26-31, 1996, Vienna, Austria. It is noteworthy that the meeting had a strong international flavour with 76 participants from 21 countries, including 6 each from Japan and...