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Name: Practical Entropy Coding Techniques
ID: m11091
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces practical entropy coding techniques, such as Huffman Coding, Run-length Coding (RLC) and Arithmetic Coding.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Arithmetic Coding, Entropy, Huffman Coding, Run-length Coding (RLC)
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Nick Kingsbury (ngk10@cam.ac.uk)
Copyright Holders: Nick Kingsbury (ngk10@cam.ac.uk)
Maintainers: Liqun Wang (liqun@rice.edu), Nick Kingsbury (ngk10@cam.ac.uk)
Latest version: 2.3 (history)
First publication date: Mar 26, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Last revision to module: Jun 8, 2005 9:55 am GMT-5
Module XML: m11091_2.3.cnxml

Version History

Version: 2.3 Jun 8, 2005 9:55 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes: 
Updated from CNXML 0.4 to CNXML 0.5
Version: 2.2 May 2, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
fixed cnxns - mostly wording, changed omega to wscr, fixed typo
Version: 2.1 Apr 18, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Liqun Wang
Changes: 
The first version of this module.
Version: 2.0 Mar 26, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Liqun Wang
Changes: 
Try to get module id.

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