[sci.math] computation of rate-distortion function

ashok@atrp.mit.edu (Ashok C. Popat) (12/31/89)

I need to compute the rate-distortion curves for some discrete-time
continuous-amplitude zero-memory sources (i.e., sequences of i.i.d.
random variables), where "distortion" is always mean-square error.

Anyone out there have code/advice for finding these curves?  I know
about the Arimoto-Blahut algorithm, but I'm lost as to how to
implement it for continuous-alphabet sources.

The application is academic, not commercial.

Thanks!

Ashok Chhabedia Popat  MIT Rm 36-665 (617) 253-7302