期刊:Proceedings of the IRE [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers] 日期:1952-09-01卷期号:40 (9): 1098-1101被引量:6099
标识
DOI:10.1109/jrproc.1952.273898
摘要
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.