• DocumentCode
    3146004
  • Title

    An extremely fast Ziv-Lempel data compression algorithm

  • Author

    Williams, Ross N.

  • Author_Institution
    Renaissance Software, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    8-11 Apr 1991
  • Firstpage
    362
  • Lastpage
    371
  • Abstract
    A new, simple, extremely fast, locally adaptive data compression algorithm of the LZ77 class is presented. The algorithm, called LZRW1, almost halves the size of text files, uses 16 K of memory, and requires about 13 machine instructions to compress and about 4 instructions to decompress each byte. This results in speeds of about 77 K and 250 K bytes per second on a one-MIPS machine. The algorithm runs in linear time and has a good worst-case running time. It adapts quickly and has a negligible initialization overhead, making it fast and efficient for small as well as large blocks of data
  • Keywords
    data compression; LZ77; Ziv-Lempel data compression algorithm; initialization overhead; locally adaptive data compression algorithm; machine instructions; memory; running time; speeds; text files; Australia; Clustering algorithms; Compression algorithms; Data compression; Dictionaries; History; Partitioning algorithms; Real time systems; Software algorithms; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Data Compression Conference, 1991. DCC '91.
  • Conference_Location
    Snowbird, UT
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-9202-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DCC.1991.213344
  • Filename
    213344