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Generalization of Huffman coding to minimize the probability of buffer overflow (Corresp.)

P. Humblet
- 01 Mar 1981 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 2, pp 230-232
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An algorithm is given to find a prefix condition code that minimizes the value of the moment generating function of the codeword length distribution for a given positive argument.
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An algorithm is given to find a prefix condition code that minimizes the value of the moment generating function of the codeword length distribution for a given positive argument. This algorithm is used in an iterative way to yield a code that maximizes the rate of decay of the probability of buffer overflow as the buffer length increases.

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Buffer overflow in variable length coding of fixed rate sources

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