Information theory, animal communication, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 406-417

  Doyle, Laurance R ^a   McCowan, Brenda ^b   Johnston, Simon ^c   Hanser, Sean F ^d  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Information theory; SETI; Zipf's Law

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CERTAIN RULE; COMPLEXITY CHARACTERISTICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE; HIGHER ORDER; HUMAN LANGUAGE; HUMPBACK WHALES; MARINE MAMMALS; SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCES; SETI; VOCAL SIGNALS; ZIPF'S LAW;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION LINKS; MAMMALS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPACE RESEARCH;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 78349309932     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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