@inproceedings{6c6b6e257ca14bff9d9d7895da03d9d6,
title = "A lower bound on the expected length of one-to-one codes",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Noga Alon and Alon Orlitsky",
year = "1994",
doi = "10.1109/ISIT.1994.394765",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0780320158",
series = "IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "203",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994",
address = "United States",
note = "1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 1994 ; Conference date: 27-06-1994 Through 01-07-1994",
}