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LIKE NEW: This book is in excellent, like-new condition and is printed on acid-free paper.
Product Details
From the back cover: “An effective blend of carefully explained theory and practical applications, this book has been written to offer access to the basics of information theory and data compression. The authors have applied their experience in teaching information theory and data compression to the careful preparation and unique organization of this one-of-a-kind text.
“Features:
- Presents information theory and data compression under once cover
- Written at an introductory level
- Takes the most effect approach to each subject—a theoretical treatment of information theory and a practical, applications-oriented presentation of data compression”
BRIEF CONTENTS
- Preface
- PART I: Information Theory
- 1. Elementary Probability
- 2. Information and Entropy
- 3. Channels and Chanel Capacity
- 4. Coding Theory
- PART II: Data Compression
- 5. Lossless Data Compression by Replacement Schemes
- 6. Arithmetic Coding
- 7. Higher-order Modeling
- 8. Adaptive Methods
- 9. Dictionary Methods
- 10. Transform Methods and Image Compression
- Appendices
- A. JPEGtool User’s Guide
- B. Source Listing for LZRW1-A
- C. Resources, Patents, and Illusions
- D. Notes on the Exercises
- Bibliography
- Index