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Rate-Distortion Theory

  • Yeung R
Springer US, (2008), 183-210
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79234-7_8
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Abstract

The description of an arbitrary real number requires an infinite number of bits, so a finite representation of a continuous random variable can never be perfect. How well can we do? To frame the question appropriately, it is necessary to define the {\textquotedblleft}goodness{\textquotedblright} of a ...

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Yeung, R. W. (2008). Rate-Distortion Theory. In Information Theory and Network Coding (pp. 183–210). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79234-7_8

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