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A Mathematical Theory of Communication

1948 article by Claude Shannon
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A Mathematical Theory of Communication
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A Mathematical Theory of Communication

Summary

A Mathematical Theory of Communication is a scholarly article[1]. It draws 373 Wikipedia views per month (scholarly_article category, ranking #6 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication authored Claude Shannon[3].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's image is recorded as Shannon communication system.svg[4].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's image is recorded as Shannon communication system-ar.svg[5].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's instance of is recorded as scholarly article[6].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's OCLC number is recorded as 6904074682[7].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's page is recorded as 379-423[8].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's DOI is recorded as 10.1002/J.1538-7305.1948.TB01338.X[9].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's issue is recorded as 3[11].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's volume is recorded as 27[12].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's publication date is recorded as +1948-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c1t1ns[15].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's zbMATH Open document ID is recorded as 1154.94303[16].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's main subject is recorded as information theory[17].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's main subject is recorded as information entropy[18].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's work available at URL is recorded as http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6773024/[19].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's work available at URL is recorded as http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6773067/[20].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/A-Mathematical-Theory-of-Communication[21].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's published in is recorded as Bell System Technical Journal[22].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A mathematical theory of communication'}[23].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's OpenCitations bibliographic resource ID is recorded as 130340[24].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[25].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's Mendeley publication ID is recorded as 17e9587a-0461-32bb-bfb5-048d6b7bf7be[26].
  • A Mathematical Theory of Communication's DBLP publication ID is recorded as journals/bstj/Shannon48a[27].

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Designation and Status

A Mathematical Theory of Communication's instance of is recorded as scholarly article[6].

Why It Matters

A Mathematical Theory of Communication draws 373 Wikipedia views per month (scholarly_article category, ranking #6 of 21).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Claude Shannon information theory United States

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  24. [26] ↑ . mendeley.com. Retrieved . mendeley.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . DBLP Dataset 2021-01-02. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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