DocumentCode
995555
Title
Communicating Probability Distributions
Author
Kramer, Gerhard ; Savari, Serap A.
Author_Institution
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ
Volume
53
Issue
2
fYear
2007
Firstpage
518
Lastpage
525
Abstract
A rate distortion problem is solved that is motivated by a quantum data compression problem. The goal is to send information about a source string x so that a receiver can construct a second string y for which the joint empirical probability distribution of x and y is close to some desired distribution. The problem differs from the usual rate distortion problems in that one must consider both remote sources and distortion functions that are not averages of per-letter distortion functions
Keywords
data compression; probability; quantum communication; rate distortion theory; receivers; distortion function; probability distribution communication; quantum data compression problem; rate distortion problem; receiver; remote sources; Data compression; Distortion measurement; Information theory; Probability distribution; Quantum mechanics; Random sequences; Random variables; Rate distortion theory; Rate-distortion; Tensile stress; Data compression; quantum theory; random sequences; rate distortion theory;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.2006.889015
Filename
4069146
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