Practical evaluation of a data compression algorithm
Douglas W. Jones · 2002
The idea of using splay trees as the basis of a prefix code for data compression was introduced in 1988. At around the same time, the University of Iowa Physics Department began development of the Visual Imaging System for the ISTP POLAR satellite, to be launched in July 1993. The author reports on the feasibility of using splay-tree based compression for image data transmitted from this satellite. It is concluded that this algorithm is appropriate for use in this and similar contexts.>