On the Evaluation of Rate Distortion Functions.

Abstract

The rate distortion function of a source represents the minimum information rate at which the source can be transmitted to be reproduced within some prescribed average distortion. This function is of considerable interest in source coding and data compression problems. One of the limitations of the usefulness of rate distortion theory is the difficulty in evaluating the rate distortion function for many sources and distortion measures. The research presented in this report is concerned with the evaluation of the rate distortion function for various classes of sources and distortion measures. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0767057

Entities

People

  • Harry Hu Tan

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Compression
  • Distortion
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Approximation Theory.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Theoretical Analysis.