A lower bound on the expected length of one-to-one codes

Noga Alon; Alon Orlitsky

doi:10.1109/ISIT.1994.394765

A lower bound on the expected length of one-to-one codes

Noga Alon, Alon Orlitsky

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Shows that the expected length of any one-to-one encoding of a discrete random variable X is at least H(X)-log (H(X)+1)-log e and that this bound is asymptotically achievable.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	203
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	0780320158, 9780780320154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIT.1994.394765
State	Published - 1994
Externally published	Yes
Event	1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994 - Trondheim, Norway Duration: Jun 27 1994 → Jul 1 1994

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Name	IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)	2157-8095

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Other	1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	6/27/94 → 7/1/94

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Theoretical Computer Science
Information Systems
Modeling and Simulation
Applied Mathematics

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Alon, N & Orlitsky, A 1994, A lower bound on the expected length of one-to-one codes. in Proceedings - 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994., 394765, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 203, 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994, Trondheim, Norway, 6/27/94. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIT.1994.394765

A lower bound on the expected length of one-to-one codes. / Alon, Noga; Orlitsky, Alon.
Proceedings - 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1994. p. 203 394765 (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings).

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