Data and Image Compression: Tools and Techniques, 4th Edition (Hardcover)

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Now covering both data and image compression, this edition keeps pace with technology. It includes new coverage of fax and compression methods, as well as a range of compression-related tools to display, print, and convert images from one format to another. Reviews of the four most popular archive creation and compression performing programs are also included. Two disks include the coding in BASIC and C for many of the compression algorithms in the book.

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Now covering both data and image compression, this edition keeps pace with technology. It includes new coverage of fax and compression methods, as well as a range of compression-related tools to display, print, and convert images from one format to another. Reviews of the four most popular archive creation and compression performing programs are also included. Two disks include the coding in BASIC and C for many of the compression algorithms in the book.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 450 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 4 edition (May 21, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471952478
• ISBN-13: 978-0471952473
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,862,914 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too low density of information, March 4, 2000

By	Vladimir Mencl (Prague, Czech Republic) - See all my reviews

The informational density in this book is too low.

The book provides good description of compression techniques and algorithms, however, compared to the number of pages, the amount of information provided is not adequate.

The book is full of program listings in both BASIC and C, together with a description of what this code does. This I consider unnecessary.

Also, the book is dangerously inaccurate in many places, even in algorithm specifications, formulations are often so inaccurate, that they can be even considered misleading.

However, if you are a carefull and aware reader, you can harvest the compression algorithms out of this book.