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Average redundancy of the shannon code for markov sources (2012).
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| Author | Merhav, Neri Szpankowski, Wojciech |
| Abstract | It is known that for memoryless sources, the average and maximal redundancy of fixed–to–variable length codes, such as the Shannon and Huffman codes, exhibit two modes of behavior for long blocks. It either converges to a limit or it has an oscillatory pattern, depending on the irrationality or rationality, respectively, of certain parameters that depend on the source. In this paper, we extend these findings, concerning the Shannon code, to the case of a Markov source, which is considerably more involved. While this dichotomy, of convergent vs. oscillatory behavior, is well known in other contexts (including renewal theory, ergodic theory, local limit theorems and large deviations of discrete distributions), in information theory (e.g., in redundancy analysis) it was recognized relatively recently. To the best of our knowledge, no results of this type were reported thus far for Markov sources. We provide a precise characterization of the convergent vs. oscillatory behavior of the Shannon code redundancy for a class of irreducible, periodic and aperiodic, Markov sources. These findings are obtained by analytic methods, such as Fourier/Fejér series analysis and spectral analysis of matrices. |
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| Publisher Date | 2012-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Markov Source Shannon Code Average Redundancy Oscillatory Behavior Convergent V Local Limit Theorem Redundancy Analysis Renewal Theory Spectral Analysis Certain Parameter Shannon Code Redundancy Maximal Redundancy Huffman Code Discrete Distribution Large Deviation Variable Length Code Analytic Method Oscillatory Pattern Information Theory Precise Characterization Ergodic Theory Memoryless Source Fourier Fej Series Analysis Long Block |
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