• DocumentCode
    926821
  • Title

    A universal algorithm for sequential data compression

  • Author

    Ziv, Jacob ; Lempel, Abraham

  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    5/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    337
  • Lastpage
    343
  • Abstract
    A universal algorithm for sequential data compression is presented. Its performance is investigated with respect to a nonprobabilistic model of constrained sources. The compression ratio achieved by the proposed universal code uniformly approaches the lower bounds on the compression ratios attainable by block-to-variable codes and variable-to-block codes designed to match a completely specified source.
  • Keywords
    Sequential coding; Source coding; Books; Compression algorithms; Data compression; Data processing; Displays; Information theory; Jacobian matrices; Telephony; Testing; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1977.1055714
  • Filename
    1055714