Title :
On the minimum description length principle for switching sources
Author :
Shamir, G.I. ; Costello, D.J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
Abstract :
The MDL principle is derived for universal lossless coding of piecewise stationary sources with repeating statistics (PSRSs).
Keywords :
redundancy; source coding; MDL principle; minimum description length principle; piecewise stationary sources; redundancy; repeating statistics; switching sources; universal lossless coding; Costs; Entropy; Gas insulated transmission lines; NASA; Random sequences; Statistics; Switches; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7123-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2001.936078
