A Concise Introduction to Data Compression

1. Auflage. 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84800-071-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Book w. online files / update, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 573 g

Reihe: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

Compression is an option naturally selected when faced with problems of high costs or restricted space. This book offers readers a succinct and reader-friendly foundation to the most important topics in the field of data compression.

Divided into two parts, Part I presents the basic approaches to data compression and describes a few popular techniques and methods that are commonly used to compress data. The reader discovers essential concepts, such as variable-length and prefix codes, statistical distribution and run-length codes. Part II concentrates on advanced techniques, such as arithmetic coding, orthogonal transforms, subband transforms and Burrows-Wheeler transform.

Complete and clear, this book will be the perfect reference for advanced undergraduates in computer science and requires a minimum of mathematics. An author-maintained website provides readers with errata and auxiliary material.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salomon, David

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Informationstheorie, Kodierungstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Informationstheorie, Kodierungstheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Zeichen- und Zahlendarstellungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Basic Concepts.- Approaches to Compression.- Huffman Coding.- Dictionary Methods.- Advanced Techniques.- Arithmetic Coding.- Image Compression.- Audio Compression.- Other Methods.