why compression doesn't perfectly even out entropy
David Wagner
daw at cs.berkeley.edu
Sat Apr 20 03:06:24 PDT 1996
In article <199604182255.PAA13373 at jobe.shell.portal.com>,
Hal <hfinney at shell.portal.com> wrote:
> So I think the lesson is that there is only one way to estimate entropy,
> and that is to study your source. I have to agree with Perry that this
> filtering concept is not the way to go. It is a red herring that lures
> you in the direction of automatic entropy estimation, and that is really
> not safe.
Excellent point! Very nicely put.
You've convinced me: I was looking at the problem the wrong way.
Thanks for correcting & educating me...
Appreciative of the "signal",
-- Dave Wagner
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