• DocumentCode
    922269
  • Title

    An upper bound on the entropy of run-length coding (Corresp.)

  • Author

    Huang, Thomas S.

  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    9/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    675
  • Lastpage
    676
  • Abstract
    An upper bound on the entropy per run in binary run-length coding is a \\log a - (a - 1)\\log (a - 1) , where a is the average run length. This upper bound is attained by a time-quantized Poisson square wave.
  • Keywords
    Entropy functions; Image coding; Run-length coding; Entropy; Equations; Lagrangian functions; Performance analysis; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1974.1055278
  • Filename
    1055278
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=922269