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Information theory

the result that data from a source cannot be losslessly compressed below its entropy rate on average, and that this rate can be approached.

In information theory, source coding theorem refers to the result that data from a source cannot be losslessly compressed below its entropy rate on average, and that this rate can be approached. This meaning comes from Shannon (1948) in Bell System Technical Journal.[1]

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References

Shannon, C. E. (1948). A Mathematical Theory of Communication. Bell System Technical Journal, 27(3), 379-423. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x

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