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Compressing data is an option naturally selected when faced with problems of high costs or restricted space. Written by a renowned expert in the field, this book offers readers a succinct„ reader-friendly foundation to the chief approaches, methods and techniques currently employed in the field of data compression.
Part I presents the basic approaches to data compression and describes a few popular techniques and methods commonly used to compress data. The reader discovers essential concepts, such as variable-length and prefix codes, statistical distributions and run-length encoding. Part II then concentrates on advanced techniques, such as arithmetic coding, orthogonal transforms, subband transforms and the Burrows-Wheeler transform.
Salient Features
Clear overview of the principles underlying this field Outlines the essentials of the various approaches to compressing data Contains many learning aids such as: chapter introductions and summaries, chapter-end exercises, comprehensive glossary etc. Provides several examples of important compression algorithms
Clear and succinct, this book is the perfect resource for undergraduates in computer science and requires a minimum of mathematics. It is also ideal for readers with a basic knowledge of computer science wanting to learn about data compression.ISBN - 9788184897517
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Pages : 310
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