By
Khalid Sayood, Professor of Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Khalid Sayood, Professor of Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Description
Each edition of Introduction to Data Compression has widely been considered the best introduction and reference text on the art and science
of data compression, and the third edition continues in this tradition. Data compression techniques and technology are ever-evolving
with new applications in image, speech, text, audio, and video. The third edition includes all the cutting edge updates the reader will
need during the work day and in class.
Khalid Sayood provides an extensive introduction to the theory underlying today’s compression
techniques with detailed instruction for their applications using several examples to explain the concepts. Encompassing the entire field
of data compression Introduction to Data Compression, includes lossless and lossy compression, Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, dictionary
techniques, context based compression, scalar and vector quantization. Khalid Sayood provides a working knowledge of data compression,
giving the reader the tools to develop a complete and concise compression package upon completion of his book.
Audience:
Professionals, software and hardware engineers, students; digital libraries, multimedia
