Chanhemo, WilsonMgombelo, Henry. R.Hamad, Omar FMarwala, T.2023-10-122023-10-122011Chanhemo, 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.URL: https://tinyurl.com/223h5px8http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/4132Abstract. Full text article. Also available at https://tinyurl.com/223h5px8This 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.enEncodiaCoding algorithmsCoding efficiencyCoding softwareEncodingCoding techniquesShannon-fano algorithmsHuffman algorithmsArticle