22.4.1 - Efficiency of Finding Minimum Values
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What is Huffman coding used for?
💡 Hint: Think about how data is represented.
What is the basic tree structure used in Huffman coding?
💡 Hint: Focus on the definition of a binary tree.
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What is the key purpose of Huffman coding?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens during data transmission.
A greedy algorithm makes decisions that are:
💡 Hint: Focus on the definition of greedy algorithms.
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Given frequencies A: 0.1, B: 0.4, C: 0.2, D: 0.3, create the Huffman tree and assign binary codes.
💡 Hint: Use the smallest frequencies first and build up.
Discuss the ramifications of using a non-greedy approach in Huffman coding. What could go wrong?
💡 Hint: Think about how the encoding quality could degrade.
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