Design of encoding calculator software for huffman and shannon-Fano algorithms
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Date
2011
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World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Abstract
This paper presents a design of source encoding calculator software which applies the two
famous algorithms in the field of information theory-the Shannon-Fano and the Huffman
schemes. This design helps to easily realize the algorithms without going into a
cumbersome, tedious and prone to error manual mechanism of encoding the signals during
the transmission. The work describes the design of the software, how it works, comparison
with related works, its efficiency, its usefulness in the field of information technology studies and the future prospects of the software to engineers, students, technicians and alike. The designed “Encodia” software has been developed, tested and found to meet the intended requirements. It is expected that this application will help students and teaching staff in their daily doing of information theory related tasks. The process is ongoing to modify this tool so that it can also be more intensely useful in research activities on source coding.
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Abstract. Full text article. Also available at https://tinyurl.com/223h5px8
Keywords
Encodia, Coding algorithms, Coding efficiency, Coding software, Encoding, Coding techniques, Shannon-fano algorithms, Huffman algorithms
Citation
Chanhemo, W., Mgombelo, H. R., Hamad, O. F., & Marwala, T. (2011). Design of Encoding Calculator Software for Huffman and Shannon-Fano Algorithms. International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering, 5(3), 267-273.