Fundamentals of error-correcting codes - Hufffman, W. Cary; Pless, Vera (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Basic concepts of linear codes -- Bounds on the size of codes -- Finite fields -- Cyclic codes -- BCH and Reed- Solomon codes -- adic codes -- Weight distributions -- Designs -- Sefl-dual codes --Some favorite self-dual codes -- Covering radius and cosets --Codes ove Z4 -- Codes from algebraic geometry -- Convolutional codes -- Soft decision and iterative decoding
Includes bibliographical references (p. [615]-629) and indexes
Keywords: Error-correcting codes (Information theory)