Data Compression


Criteria

Survey Formats

Basics

Basic Terms

Symbol

Set of Symbols

Alphabet

Code

Coding

Redundancy

Information Theory

Message

Probability

Information

Entropy

Calculation

Characteristics

Extreme Values

Diagram

Redundancy Reduction

Irrelevance Reduction

Entropy Coding

Variable Length Codes

Code Trees

Compression Methods

Data Formats


Glossary

Index


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Calculation of Entropy



The entropy of an information source is only depending on the message's probability. It is required to know the probability of any possible message.


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