DocumentCode
2055212
Title
Bounding the average length of optimal source codes
Author
Cicalese, Ferdinando ; Vaccaro, Ugo
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Inf. ed Applicazioni, Salerno Univ., Italy
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
177
Abstract
We give bounds on the average length of optimal source codes when only limited knowledge of the source symbol probability distribution is available.
Keywords
probability; source coding; variable length codes; average length; discrete memoryless sources; lower bounds; optimal source codes; source coding; source symbol probability distribution; upper bounds; variable length codes; Distributed computing; Entropy; Genetic mutations; Lattices; Probability distribution; Source coding;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Theory, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7501-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISIT.2002.1023449
Filename
1023449
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