Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms

[David J.C. MacKay]

The following book is now available for purchase in bookstores,
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It can be downloaded from
       http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/

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       "Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms"
	
       by David J.C. MacKay
                                  Cambridge University Press
				  http://www.cambridge.org/0521642981
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                                           `An instant classic,
                               covering everything from Shannon's
                               fundamental theorems to the postmodern
                               theory of LDPC codes. You'll want two
                               copies of this astonishing book, one
                               for the office and one for the fireside
                               at home.'
							Bob McEliece,
			       California Institute of Technology


     An undergraduate / graduate textbook. 
     This book features:

	* lots of figures and demonstrations.
	* more than four hundred exercises, many with worked solutions.
	* up to date exposition of:
	   .  source coding 
		- including arithmetic coding.
	   .  channel coding 
		- including Gallager codes, turbo codes,
		    and digital fountain codes.
           .  machine learning 
		- including clustering, neural networks,
	            and Gaussian processes.
	   .  message-passing algorithms
	        - especially the sum-product algorithm, or
		   loopy belief propagation.
           .  variational methods
	        - including the variational view of the E-M algorithm.
	   .  Monte Carlo methods
		- including Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, Overrelaxation,
		      Slice sampling, and Exact sampling.
	* Entertaining asides on topics as varied as
		  crosswords, codebreaking, evolution, and sex.

     The book was published in September 2003. (Hardback, 640 pages)

     Inspect it for free at
                       http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/

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