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Necessary conditions for a source code to be optimal or a sequence of source codes to be asymptotically optimal for a stationary source are developed for block and sliding-block codes.
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Gray, R.M. (2011). Properties of Good Source Codes. In: Entropy and Information Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7970-4_13
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