The Data Compression Book (1996) Front Cover Book Details Author Mark Nelson Jean-Loup Gailly Genre Data Compression; Information Theory Subject Data compression (Computer science); Information Theory Publication Date 1996 Format Paperback (240 x 185 mm) Publisher M&T Books Language English Extras Diskette 3 1/2 Plot From the Publisher Topics in this guide to data compression techniques include the Shannon-Fano and Huffman coding techniques, Lossy compression, the JPEG compression algorithm, and fractal compression. Readers also study adaptive Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, dictionary compression methods, and learn to write C programs for nearly any environment. The disk illustrates each learned technique and demonstrates how data compression works. Annotation Here is an authoritative reference on data compression, tailored to the increasingly popular C++ object-oriented programming environment. Programmers, systems analysts, developers and advanced computer users will find this an indispensable professional resource. From The Critics Booknews A book/disk guide to data compression techniques. Discusses the theory behind methods including Shannon-Fano and Huffman coding techniques, Lossy compressions, and the JPEG compression algorithm, and illustrates each technique with a C program. Includes appendices on statistics for various compression programs, test programs, and a glossary. This second edition is updated to include information on fractal compression techniques, and contains updated code. For intermediate to advanced programmers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Table of Contents Ch. 1 Introduction to Data Compression 1 Ch. 2 The Data-Compression Lexicon, with a History 11 Ch. 3 The Dawn Age: Minimum Redundancy Coding 27 Ch. 4 A Significant Improvement: Adaptive Huffman Coding 75 Ch. 5 Huffman One Better: Arithmetic Coding 113 Ch. 6 Statistical Modeling 153 Ch. 7 Dictionary-Based Compression 201 Ch. 8 Sliding Window Compression 215 Ch. 9 LZ78 Compression 255 Ch. 10 Speech Compression 289 Ch. 11 Lossy Graphics Compression 321 Ch. 12 An Archiving Package 381 Ch. 13 Fractal Image Compression 457 Appendix A: Statistics for Compression Programs 511 Appendix B: Test Programs 517 Glossary 527 Bibliography 537 Afterword 541 Index 543 Personal Details Collection Status In Collection Store Barnes & Noble Location A05 Purchase Price $39.95 Purchase Date 1997 Condition Very Good Index 126 Owner Paulo Mendes Read It No Links Amazon US Amazon UK Barnes & Noble Collection # 00088G Main Subject Data Compression Secondary Subject Information Theory Product Details LoC Classification QA76.9.D33 N46 1996 Dewey 005.74/6 20 ISBN 1558514341 Edition 02 Printing 1 Country USA Cover Price $39.95 Nr of Pages 557 First Edition No Rare No Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-539) and index.