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A Method for the Construction of Minimum-Redundancy Codes

David A. Huffman

Proceedings of the IRE, 1952

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Abstract

An optimum method of coding an ensemble of messages consisting of a finite number of members is developed. A minimum-redundancy code is one constructed in such a way that the average number of coding digits per message is minimized.

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