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Universal codes for finite sequences of integers drawn from a monotone distribution

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Universal codes for finite sequences of integers drawn from a monotone distribution
We offer two noiseless codes for blocks of integers Xn = (X1, . . . , Xn). We provide explicit bounds on the relative redundancy that are valid for any distribution F in the class of memoryless sources with a possibly infinite alphabet whose marginal distribution is monotone. Specifically we show that the expected code length L(Xn) of our first universal code is dominated by a linear function of the entropy of Xn. Further, we present a second universal code that is efficient in that its length is bounded by n HF + o(n HF ), where HF is the entropy of F which is allowed to vary with n. Since these bounds hold for any n and any monotone F we are able to show that our codes are strongly minimax with respect to relative redundancy (as defined by Elias). Key Phrases: Universal noiseless coding of integers, Elias codes, Wyner's inequality, relative redundancy, strongly minimax.
Dean P. Foster, Robert A. Stine, Abraham J. Wyner
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Type Journal
Year 2002
Where TIT
Authors Dean P. Foster, Robert A. Stine, Abraham J. Wyner
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