{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2159998880","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.1975.1055416","title":"Random coding strategies for minimum entropy","display_name":"Random coding strategies for minimum entropy","publication_year":1975,"publication_date":"1975-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2159998880","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.1975.1055416","mag":"2159998880"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tit.1975.1055416","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.1975.1055416","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4502562","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Theory","issn_l":"0018-9448","issn":["0018-9448","1557-9654"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Theory","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050330289","display_name":"Edward C. Posner","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"E. Posner","raw_affiliation_strings":["Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5050330289"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":71,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.24250276,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"21","issue":"4","first_page":"388","last_page":"391"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10964","display_name":"Wireless Communication Security Techniques","score":0.989300012588501,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10964","display_name":"Wireless Communication Security Techniques","score":0.989300012588501,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12002","display_name":"Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms","score":0.9850000143051147,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10901","display_name":"Advanced Data Compression Techniques","score":0.923799991607666,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.6970868110656738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rate\u2013distortion-theory","display_name":"Rate\u2013distortion theory","score":0.5652912259101868},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entropy","display_name":"Entropy (arrow of time)","score":0.5626604557037354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-theory","display_name":"Information theory","score":0.5625022649765015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/random-variable","display_name":"Random variable","score":0.5355387330055237},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/variable-length-code","display_name":"Variable-length code","score":0.48650163412094116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/shannons-source-coding-theorem","display_name":"Shannon's source coding theorem","score":0.4773547649383545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discrete-mathematics","display_name":"Discrete mathematics","score":0.477193683385849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rate-distortion","display_name":"Rate distortion","score":0.4737459123134613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maximum-entropy-probability-distribution","display_name":"Maximum entropy probability distribution","score":0.4474749267101288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entropy-power-inequality","display_name":"Entropy power inequality","score":0.43775826692581177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entropy-rate","display_name":"Entropy rate","score":0.42889225482940674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/probability-distribution","display_name":"Probability distribution","score":0.42181044816970825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entropy-encoding","display_name":"Entropy encoding","score":0.4216962456703186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/block-code","display_name":"Block code","score":0.41623276472091675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coding","display_name":"Coding (social sciences)","score":0.37590491771698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.34991294145584106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/principle-of-maximum-entropy","display_name":"Principle of maximum entropy","score":0.3291671872138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/binary-entropy-function","display_name":"Binary entropy function","score":0.2768056392669678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decoding-methods","display_name":"Decoding methods","score":0.19461625814437866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.18391361832618713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maximum-entropy-thermodynamics","display_name":"Maximum entropy thermodynamics","score":0.18169811367988586}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.6970868110656738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C64185310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843483","display_name":"Rate\u2013distortion theory","level":3,"score":0.5652912259101868},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106301342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4117933","display_name":"Entropy (arrow of time)","level":2,"score":0.5626604557037354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52622258","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131222","display_name":"Information theory","level":2,"score":0.5625022649765015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C122123141","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176623","display_name":"Random variable","level":2,"score":0.5355387330055237},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60603091","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2981616","display_name":"Variable-length code","level":3,"score":0.48650163412094116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177409962","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2411312","display_name":"Shannon's source coding theorem","level":5,"score":0.4773547649383545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118615104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121416","display_name":"Discrete mathematics","level":1,"score":0.477193683385849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2982755384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843483","display_name":"Rate distortion","level":3,"score":0.4737459123134613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60507348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6795892","display_name":"Maximum entropy probability distribution","level":3,"score":0.4474749267101288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C320580","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5380810","display_name":"Entropy power inequality","level":5,"score":0.43775826692581177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125252325","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345213","display_name":"Entropy rate","level":4,"score":0.42889225482940674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149441793","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200726","display_name":"Probability distribution","level":2,"score":0.42181044816970825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1769480","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345239","display_name":"Entropy encoding","level":3,"score":0.4216962456703186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157125643","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q884707","display_name":"Block code","level":3,"score":0.41623276472091675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179518139","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5140297","display_name":"Coding (social sciences)","level":2,"score":0.37590491771698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.34991294145584106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9679016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1417473","display_name":"Principle of maximum entropy","level":2,"score":0.3291671872138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44415725","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913893","display_name":"Binary entropy function","level":3,"score":0.2768056392669678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C57273362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576722","display_name":"Decoding methods","level":2,"score":0.19461625814437866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.18391361832618713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49775889","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6795896","display_name":"Maximum entropy thermodynamics","level":4,"score":0.18169811367988586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tit.1975.1055416","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.1975.1055416","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4502562","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Theory","issn_l":"0018-9448","issn":["0018-9448","1557-9654"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Information Theory","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","score":0.4099999964237213,"display_name":"Reduced inequalities"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":7,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2014386383","https://openalex.org/W2020513539","https://openalex.org/W2021097403","https://openalex.org/W2061951116","https://openalex.org/W2091891040","https://openalex.org/W2335062971","https://openalex.org/W4401325430"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2171750587","https://openalex.org/W3114186922","https://openalex.org/W2898188192","https://openalex.org/W2398403988","https://openalex.org/W3185559999","https://openalex.org/W2234812299","https://openalex.org/W2127945237","https://openalex.org/W2300741437","https://openalex.org/W862060148","https://openalex.org/W2330170324"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"proves":[2],"that":[3],"there":[4],"exists":[5],"a":[6,14,66],"fixed":[7],"random":[8],"coding":[9,13],"Strategy":[10],"for":[11],"block":[12,37],"memoryless":[15],"information":[16],"source":[17],"to":[18,61,71],"achieve":[19],"the":[20,25,29,36,48,51,72],"absolute":[21],"epsilon":[22],"entropy":[23,53],"of":[24,35,50,55],"source.":[26],"That":[27],"is,":[28],"strategy":[30],"can":[31],"be":[32],"chosen":[33],"independent":[34],"length.":[38],"The":[39,63],"principal":[40],"new":[41],"tool":[42],"is":[43],"an":[44],"easy":[45],"result":[46,67],"on":[47],"semicontinuity":[49],"relative":[52],"functional":[54],"one":[56],"probability":[57],"distribution":[58],"with":[59],"respect":[60],"another.":[62],"theorem":[64],"generalizes":[65],"from":[68],"rate-distortion":[69],"theory":[70],"\"zero-infinity\"":[73],"case.":[74]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T16:13:02.066488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}