Rate–distortion theory is a major branch of information theory which provides the theoretical foundations for lossy data compression; it addresses the...
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specified fidelity level measured by a distortion function. This subset of information theory is called rate–distortion theory. Error-correcting codes (channel...
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In the mathematical theory of probability, the entropy rate or source information rate is a function assigning an entropy to a stochastic process. For...
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performs lossy compression with a rate (number of bits per quality value) specified by the user. Based on rate-distortion theory results, it allocates the number...
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compression are provided by rate-distortion theory. Much like the use of probability in optimal coding theory, rate-distortion theory heavily draws on Bayesian...
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best known for his work in information theory, including the Blahut–Arimoto algorithm used in rate–distortion theory. Blahut was born in Orange, New Jersey...
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In information theory, the entropy of a random variable quantifies the average level of uncertainty or information associated with the variable's potential...
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In information theory, the cross-entropy between two probability distributions p {\displaystyle p} and q {\displaystyle q} , over the same underlying set...
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Claude Shannon (redirect from Father of information theory)
sampling theorem One-time pad Product cipher Pulse-code modulation Rate distortion theory Sampling Shannon capacity Shannon entropy Shannon index Shannon...
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In chemistry, transition state theory (TST) explains the reaction rates of elementary chemical reactions. The theory assumes a special type of chemical...
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performs lossy compression with a rate (number of bits per quality value) specified by the user. Based on rate-distortion theory results, it allocates the number...
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Information Theory. 19 (4): 471–480. doi:10.1109/TIT.1973.1055037. ISSN 0018-9448. Wyner, Aaron D.; Ziv, Jacob (January 1976). "The rate-distortion function...
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theory) – Expectation value of time-ordered quantum operators Mutual information – Measure of dependence between two variables Rate distortion theory –...
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(statistical mechanics) Correlation function (quantum field theory) Mutual information Rate distortion theory Radial distribution function Gubner, John A. (2006)...
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Shannon–Hartley theorem (category Information theory)
In information theory, the Shannon–Hartley theorem tells the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted over a communications channel of a specified...
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Conditional entropy (redirect from Equivocation (information theory))
In information theory, the conditional entropy quantifies the amount of information needed to describe the outcome of a random variable Y {\displaystyle...
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sample rate , the resulting discrete-time sequence is said to be free of the distortion known as aliasing. Conversely, for a given sample rate the corresponding...
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Data compression (redirect from Bit-rate reduction)
In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original...
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In information theory, joint entropy is a measure of the uncertainty associated with a set of variables. The joint Shannon entropy (in bits) of two discrete...
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Shannon's source coding theorem (category Information theory)
or recovered within some distortion (lossy source coding). This is one approach to data compression. In information theory, the source coding theorem...
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Conditional mutual information (category Information theory)
In probability theory, particularly information theory, the conditional mutual information is, in its most basic form, the expected value of the mutual...
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Quantization (signal processing) (redirect from Quantization distortion)
levels a quantizer uses, the lower is its quantization noise power. Rate–distortion optimized quantization is encountered in source coding for lossy data...
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mixture model and thus also determine information criterion values. Rate distortion theory has been applied to choosing k called the "jump" method, which determines...
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Channel capacity (redirect from Capacity (information theory))
electrical engineering, computer science, and information theory, is the theoretical maximum rate at which information can be reliably transmitted over a...
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it is possible (in theory) to communicate discrete data (digital information) nearly error-free up to a computable maximum rate through the channel....
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Octave illusion Pitch (music) Precedence effect Psycholinguistics Rate-distortion theory Sound localization Sound of fingernails scraping chalkboard Sound...
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Mutual information (category Information theory)
In probability theory and information theory, the mutual information (MI) of two random variables is a measure of the mutual dependence between the two...
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Asymptotic equipartition property (category Information theory)
In information theory, the asymptotic equipartition property (AEP) is a general property of the output samples of a stochastic source. It is fundamental...
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Sampling (signal processing) (redirect from Sampling rate)
to humans, recording and mixing at higher sampling rates is effective in eliminating the distortion that can be caused by foldback aliasing. Conversely...
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Blahut–Arimoto algorithm (category Coding theory)
numerically either the information theoretic capacity of a channel, the rate-distortion function of a source or a source encoding (i.e. compression to remove...
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