Problems of robustness for universal coding schemes

dc.creatorV'yugin, V. V.
dc.date2008-06-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:47:13Z
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dc.descriptionThe Lempel-Ziv universal coding scheme is asymptotically optimal for the class of all stationary ergodic sources. A problem of robustness of this property under small violations of ergodicity is studied. A notion of deficiency of algorithmic randomness is used as a measure of disagreement between data sequence and probability measure. We prove that universal compressing schemes from a large class are non-robust in the following sense: if the randomness deficiency grows arbitrarily slowly on initial fragments of an infinite sequence then the property of asymptotic optimality of any universal compressing algorithm can be violated. Lempel-Ziv compressing algorithms are robust on infinite sequences generated by ergodic Markov chains when the randomness deficiency of its initial fragments of length $n$ grows as $o(n)$.
dc.description23 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4572
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4572
dc.identifierProblems of Information Transmission, 39 (2003), pp. 32-46
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/163797
dc.subjectInformation Theory
dc.subjectOther Computer Science
dc.subjectF.2
dc.titleProblems of robustness for universal coding schemes
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