Data Compression: The Complete Reference

Article Type: Book reports From: Kybernetes, Volume 38, Issue 5

D. Salomon,Springer,2007,4th ed.,US$89.95 (hardcover),xxviii, 1092 pp. (428 colour illus.),ISBN 978-1-84628-60-25

Readers who rely on modern computing for their research and development projects will appreciate that data compression is one of its most important tools. Since this is the fourth edition of this reference text it has obviously served this field well and has been updated to account for the strides that have been made in this field. What it provides is an introduction and reference to the great many methods of compression and the variety of types in current use. The new edition brings the text references to date and also introduces many new and important topics.