Developers Notebook-Shannon-Fado
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Part of Developers_Notebook-Shannon-Fado-Compression Methods
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From the comp.compression FAQ -
- Divide the set of symbols into two equal or almost equal subsets based on the probability of occurrance of characters in each subset. The first subset is assigned a binary zero, the second a binary one.
- Repeat step 1 until all subsets have a single element.
