Kamaku, Peter Waweru (2013) Error Detection and Correction in the International Standard Book Number. PhD thesis, Kenyatta University.
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Abstract
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a code that uniquely identifies all books published internationally. Currently ISBN-13 has been in use since the year 2007 as an improvement to ISBN-10. In this research the error detection and correction capabilities of both ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 codes against the total number of code words that can be generated is analysed. It is shown that both codes have major weaknesses as far as these properties are concerned. The ISBN -16 code then is designed and analysed as an improvement to the existing code. Comparison to the existing code is done and a conversion tool for the existing ISBN -13 to ISBN -16 developed. It is shown that the ISBN -16 code surpass the existing code in error detection and correction capabilities and the overall dictionary.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2017 12:33 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2017 12:33 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/1526 |
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