Abstract
An optimum method of coding an ensemble of messages consisting of a finite number of members is developed. A minimum-redundancy code is one constructed in such a way that the average number of coding digits per message is minimized.
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Proceedings of the IRE
- Pub Date:
- September 1952
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- Bibcode:
- 1952PIRE...40.1098H
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