A Mathematical Theory of Communication
The work
| Title | A Mathematical Theory of Communication |
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| Authors | Claude E. Shannon |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1948 |
| Citekey | shannon1948mathematical |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Bell System Technical Journal |
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| Publisher | IEEE |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 379--423 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x |
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| OpenAlex | W2041404167 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb00917.x |
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| Free full text | http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002C-4317-B |
Copy held
| Kind | PDF, 366.3 kB |
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| Retrieved | 2026-08-09 |
| Held | local, for personal reference |
| Where it came from | https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf |
Where this came from
| How it got here | the agent went looking · found via openalex |
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| First seen | 2026-08-04 |
| Record | reviewed by a person |
| Approved | 2026-08-14 |
Cite it as
@article{shannon1948mathematical,
title = {A Mathematical Theory of Communication},
author = {Claude E. Shannon},
year = {1948},
journal = {Bell System Technical Journal},
volume = {27},
number = {3},
pages = {379--423},
publisher = {IEEE},
doi = {10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002C-4317-B},
}
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