Words and Introduction of the Editors -- Preface -- I.Transmitting Data -- 1.Special Channels -- 2.Algorithms for Computing Channel Capacities and Rate-distortion Functions -- 3.Shannon's Model for Continuous Transmission -- 4.On Sliding-Block Codes -- 5.On λ-Capacities and Information Stability -- 6.Channels with Infinite Alphabets -- II.Gaining Data -- 7.Selected Topics of Information Theory and Mathematical Statistics -- 8.β-Biased Estimators in Data Compression -- III.Supplement -- Rudolf Ahlswede 1938-2010 -- Comments by Gerhard Kramer -- List of Notations -- Index -- Name Index.