Data verification and reconciliation with generalized error-control codes

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1788-1793

  Karpovsky, Mark G ^a   Levitin, Lev B ^a   Trachtenberg, Ari ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reconciliation and verification; Error correcting codes; Graph coloring

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY;

DATA VERIFICATION; ERROR-CONTROL CODES; GRAPH COLORING;

ERROR CORRECTION;

EID: 0038782260     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2003.813498     Document Type: Letter

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