Title: The Data Compression Book Author(s): Mark Nelson, Jean-Loup Gailly Pages: 557 Publisher: MT Books, 2nd Edition edition Publication date: 1995 Language: English Format: PDF ISBN-10: 1558514341 ISBN-13: Description: Topics in this guide to data compression techniques include the Shannon-Fano and Huffman coding techniques, Lossy compression, the JPEG compression algorithm, and fractal compression. Readers also study adaptive Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, dictionary compression methods, and learn to write C programs for nearly any environment.
"If you want to learn how programs like PKZIP and LHarc work, this book is for you. The compression techniques used in these programs are described in detail, accompanied by working code. After reading this book, even the novice C programmer will be able to write a complete compression/archiving program that can be ported to virtually any operating system or hardware platform.
If you want to include data compression in other programs you write, this book will become an invaluable tool. It contains dozens of working programs with C code that can easily be added to your applications. In-depth discussions of various compression methods will help you make intelligent decisions when creating programs that use data compression..."