Shannon–Fano–Elias coding
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In information theory
, Shannon–Fano–Elias coding is a precursor to arithmetic coding
, in which probabilities are used to determine codewords.
Information theory
Information theory is a branch of applied mathematics and electrical engineering involving the quantification of information. Information theory was developed by Claude E. Shannon to find fundamental limits on signal processing operations such as compressing data and on reliably storing and...
, Shannon–Fano–Elias coding is a precursor to arithmetic coding
Arithmetic coding
Arithmetic coding is a form of variable-length entropy encoding used in lossless data compression. Normally, a string of characters such as the words "hello there" is represented using a fixed number of bits per character, as in the ASCII code...
, in which probabilities are used to determine codewords.