• DocumentCode
    1401823
  • Title

    A new bound for the data expansion of Huffman codes

  • Author

    De Prisco, Roberto ; De Santis, Alfredo

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2028
  • Lastpage
    2032
  • Abstract
    In this correspondence, we prove that the maximum data expansion δ of Huffman codes is upper-bounded by δ<1.39. This bound improves on the previous best known upper bound δ<2. We also provide some characterizations of the maximum data expansion of optimal codes
  • Keywords
    Huffman codes; source coding; Huffman codes; maximum data expansion; optimal codes; upper bound; Information theory; Mathematical analysis; Source coding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.641572
  • Filename
    641572
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1401823