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Redundancy, diversity and parsimony are the keywords of error correction coding. To these, on the decoding side, can be added efficiency, that is, making the most of all the information available. To illustrate these concepts, consider a simple situation in everyday life.
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(2010). Introduction. In: Berrou, C. (eds) Codes and Turbo Codes. Collection IRIS. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0039-4_1
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