/LZ78

Attempt at a module containing the tools to estimate a stochastic source's entropy rate from (sufficiently long) samples. The procedure fundamentally relies on the Lempel-Ziv 78 lossless compression algorithm.

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LZ78

Attempt at a module containing the tools to estimate a stochastic source's entropy rate from (sufficiently long) samples. The procedure fundamentally relies on the Lempel-Ziv 78 lossless compression algorithm.