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Introduction to Data Compression, Second Edition
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Author: Khalid Sayood
List Price: $79.95
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ISBN: 1558605584
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (28 February, 2000)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 88,275
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
"The" Definitive Guide
Amazon claims that this is "the definitive guide". I have to agree with them because this book is the only broad grey pages introduction to data compression that I have been able to find, and it is very well written.If you are only casually interested in data compression this book is not for you. If you are interested in adding compression to your application and your data falls into a common category, sound, video, text ect this book is probably not for you. You should look to the open source community or buy an off the shelf product. But if your data is odd or unique like say telemtry data (I'm sure there are other examples I just can't think of any) and you need to design a compression scheme for your data this book is "the only" book for you. If you want to begin research into data compression and you are a newbie this book is a must have.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Very well-written book, software not so good
The book is one of the clearest I have read as a text book. Why cant everybody write like this?? There is very good flow throughout the text.Only complaint is the software. It looks the software has not kept pace with the book itself. Some additional software has to be added (for Transform coding, for instance), and some references in the text book to the software are incorrect. If the accompanying software is upgraded, as it should be, I will rate this book a clear 5-star.
Rating: 5 out of 5
This is a great book (even better for a text in a class)
This is a great text for graduate course in data compression.
Very comprehensive and up-to-dated. Especially, I like its rich list of references for further study.
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