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A method for the construction of minimum-redundancy codes

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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.

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

    David A. Huffman (Associate, IRE)

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Decimal classification: R531.1. Original manuscript received by the Institute, December 6, 1951.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02839372.

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Huffman, D.A. A method for the construction of minimum-redundancy codes. Reson 11, 91–99 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837279

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