Huffman coding Tree Structure and Shannon Foan Coding
Huffman coding is a popular algorithm for lossless data compression. It involves creating a binary tree (Huffman tree) based on the frequency of occurrence of each symbol in the input data. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Pros of Huffman Coding: Efficient Compression: Huffman coding produces variable-length codes, making it more efficient for encoding frequently occurring characters with shorter codes. Optimal Prefix Codes: The codes generated by Huffman coding are prefix-free, meaning no code is a prefix of another. This ensures unambiguous decoding. Lossless Compression: Huffman coding is a lossless com...