A Fast Algorithm for Optimal Length-Limited Huffman Codes

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An O1990-time algorithm is introduced for constructing an optimal Huffman code for a weighted alphabet of size n, where each code string must have length no greater than L. The algorithm uses O(n) space. © 1990, ACM. All rights reserved.

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Larmore, L. L., & Hirschberg, D. S. (1990). A Fast Algorithm for Optimal Length-Limited Huffman Codes. Journal of the ACM (JACM), 37(3), 464–473. https://doi.org/10.1145/79147.79150

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