Algorithm 428: Hu-Tucker minimum redundancy alphabetic coding method [Z]

  • Authors:
  • J. M. Yohe

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1972

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Abstract

This algorithm implements the Hu-Tucker method of variable length, minimum redundancy alphabetic binary encoding [1]. The symbols of the alphabet are considered to be an ordered forest of n terminal nodes. Two nodes in an ordered forest are said to be tentative-connecting if the sequence of nodes between the two given nodes is either empty or consists entirely of nonterminal nodes.