July 2016
Intermediate to advanced
242 pages
5h 51m
English
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Index
Symbols
- #PERFMATTERS, Locality Matters for Entropy
- 7-Zip compression, Dictionary Transforms
A
- adaptive Huffman coding, Adaptive Huffman Coding
- adaptive statistical encoding, Locality Matters for Entropy-The Modern Choice
- adaptive arithmetic coding, Adaptive Arithmetic Coding-Adaptive Arithmetic Coding
- adaptive Huffman coding, Adaptive Huffman Coding
- adaptive VLC encoding, Adaptive VLC Encoding-Using This in Practice
- adaptive VLC encoding, Adaptive VLC Encoding-Using This in Practice
- decoding, Decoding
- dynamically building a VLC table, Dynamically Building a VLC Table
- knowing when to reset, Knowing When to Reset
- literals, Literals
- real-world compression and, Using This in Practice
- resets, Resets
- adjacency
- and contextuality, Types of Models
- in delta coding, Delta Coding
- in dictionary transforms, A Basic Dictionary Transform
- algorithms, data compression, The Five Buckets of Compression Algorithms
- Amazon
- use of Markov chains, The Chains of Markov
- web page loading speed and conversion rates, User Acquisition and Retention
- analog contexts, Types of Models
- ANS (see asymmetric numeral systems)
- arithmetic coding, Arithmetic Coding-Asymmetric Numeral Systems
- adaptive, Adaptive Arithmetic Coding-Adaptive Arithmetic Coding
- decoding, Decoding
- improving performance of, Decoding
- encoding, Encoding
- finding the right number, Finding the Right Number
- Huffman coding versus, Practical Compression: Which Statistical Algorithm Do I Choose?
- origins of, Arithmetic Coding
- picking the right output value, Picking the Right Output Value ...
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