Kraft-McMillan inequality

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo prefix codes
uniquely decodable codes
gptkbp:field gptkb:information_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kraft-McMillan inequality
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Leonard_M._Kraft
Brockway McMillan
gptkbp:publishedIn 1949
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Huffman_coding
gptkb:organization
gptkb:Shannon's_source_coding_theorem
gptkbp:state For any prefix code over a D-ary alphabet, the sum of D^{-l_i} over all codeword lengths l_i is less than or equal to 1.
gptkbp:usedIn coding theory
data compression
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Source_coding_theorem
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6