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Name: Huffman Coding
ID: m10176
Language: English (en)
Summary: A description of the Huffman source encoding algorithm.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Huffman, information theory, source coding
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: Behnaam Aazhang (aaz@ece.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Behnaam Aazhang (aaz@ece.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Dinesh Rajan (dinesh@ece.rice.edu), Mohammad Borran (mohammad@ece.rice.edu), Roy Ha (rha@alumni.rice.edu), Shawn Stewart (mrshawn@alumni.rice.edu), Behnaam Aazhang (aaz@ece.rice.edu)
Version: 2.10 (history)
Created: Jul 10, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Oct 26, 2005 8:20 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.10 Oct 26, 2005 8:20 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
update mathml markup
Version: 2.9 Sep 13, 2004 8:52 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
updated module to cnxml-0.5, removed hardcoded number in name tag, added math tags around inline variable, removed old mode attribute on math tags
Version: 2.8 Jan 7, 2004 9:59 am US/Central by Adan Galvan
Changes: 
added maintainer
Version: 2.7 Aug 12, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Updated to cnxml 0.4
Version: 2.6 Feb 9, 2002 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Authors updated
Version: 2.5 Jul 23, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added link to appropriate elec 241 module
Version: 2.4 Jul 19, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added graphics
Version: 2.3 Jul 12, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Math content edits
Version: 2.2 Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added links.
Version: 2.1 Jul 10, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
First draft of module
Version: 2.0 Jul 10, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added initial template for new module m10176

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