Advances in Communications

Section I: Information Theory, Coding and Digital Signal Processing.- Generalized Information and Natural (Fuzzy) Language.- Distortion-Rate Theory and Filtering.- Asymptotically Mean Stationary Sources and Channels.- An Information Theory Approach to the Approximation of Functions.- Uncertainly and Entropy-Quantum Information Systems.- The Reduction of the Wave-Function and the Reduction of Entropy.- On Some Functional Equations from Additive and Nonadditive Measures - II.- Information and Complex Systems.- The Evolution of Entropy and of Other Statistical Parameters of Written Greek.- Statistical and Non Statistical Measures of Information.- Storage Versus Performance Exchange in Probabilistic Question-Answering Systems.- Spectral Properties of Bipolar Line Codes with Zero Extraction.- Analysis and Design of an Error Correction Code for a Linear Delta Modulation System.- The Entropy of Written Italian.- Cutoff Rates When Decoding with Approximate Channel Statistics.- Characterization and Performance Evaluation of A (56,28) Code.- Weight Distribution of Some Cyclic Codes of MacWilliams 117.- On Weakly Prefix Subsemigroups of a Free Semigroup.- A Cellular Approach for the Implementation of Digital Signal Processing Algorithms.- A Method for Obtaining Second-Order Digital Filter Structures with Prescribed Pole-Zero Quantization Errors.- Normalized Gradient Algorithms for Adaptive Recursive Digital Filters.- A Class of Second-Order Digital Filters Characterized by Very Small Pole Displacements Due to Parameter Quantization.- Improvement of the Reconstruction and Control of the Compressor Output.- Two-Dimensional Digital Filtering. Basic Considerations and Subroutines for Implementation.- Frequency Response of Multi-Dimensional Linear Phase FIR Digital Filters.- Multi-Dimensional Digital Windows.- Section II: Communications: Theory and Applications.- Cyclo-Ergodicity, Part I: Application to Spectral Extraction.- Asymptotic Inference in Continuous Time Markov Processes.- Transmultiplexing: Factors Influencing the Design of TDM to FDM Conversion.- Realisable Data Transmission Filters with Optimal Properties.- Synchronization Strategies in Digital Data Communication.- On Some Polling Strategies.- A Digital Transmitter and Receiver for Automatic Monitoring of Changes in the State of a Group of Switches.- Switched Polarity DPLL’s for PSK Demodulation.- Combination of the Duobinary Technique with FM for Achieving High Bit Transmission Rates.- Signal Parameter Optimization for the Impulsive Noise Channel.- Hybrid Correlator Based on Exponental Delta Sigma Modulation.- The Design of a Broadband Delta Modulator with Optimum Performance.- A New Protocol for a Distributed Loop Communication Network.- Fiber Optics vs. Conventional Transmission Lines in Distance Communication Systems.- Distributed Processing Network Survivability.- Information Theoretic Approximations for M/G/1 Queuing Systems.- Queuing Analysis of Random Access Protocols.- Sharing a Processor for Monitoring Changes in Quality of Several Communication Links.- Adaptive Bifurcated Routing Algorithm with Threshold.- Congestion Avoidance in Hierarchical Packet Switched Networks.- Congestion Control in Packet Networks.- Congestion Control Techniques for Packet Networks.- Routing and Flow Control in Virtual Circuit Networks.- Towards a Unified Definition of Traffic Control in Communications Networks.- An Information Theoretic Approximation for Modelling Computer Network Nodal Queuing Delay: A Congestion Measure.- In-orbit Measurements of the RF Subsystem of Communications Satellites.- Multiple Access and Location Performance of the TIROS-N Data Collection System.- Synchronization and Synchronous Oscillators.- Section III: Pattern Recognition.- Relevance of a Posteriori Probability Errors in Bayesian Classification.- A Spatial Filtering Technique for MSS Unsupervised Classification Problems.- Factor Analysis and Clustering.- A Methodology for Graphical Identification.- Transmission Line Protection Using Pattern Classification Techniques.- Field Boundary Location by Pattern Recognition Methods.- A Case of Speaker Identification.- Prediction and Verification of Hypotheses in a Speech Recognition System.- Synthesis of Greek Speech with Elementary Speech Segments.- Author Index.