TY  - JOUR
AU  - Habib, Ahsan 
AU  - Islam, M. Jahirul 
AU  - Rahman, M. Shahidur 
PY  - 2018
TI  - Huffman Based Code Generation Algorithms: Data Compression Perspectives
JF  - Journal of Computer Science
VL  - 14
IS  - 12
DO  - 10.3844/jcssp.2018.1599.1610
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jcssp.2018.1599.1610
AB  - This article proposes two dynamic Huffman based code generation algorithms, namely Octanary and Hexanary algorithm, for data compression. Faster encoding and decoding process is very important in data compression area. We propose tribit-based (Octanary) and quadbit-based (Hexanary) algorithm and compare the performance with the existing widely used single bit (Binary) and recently introduced dibit (Quaternary) algorithms. The decoding algorithms for the proposed techniques have also been described. After assessing all the results, it is found that the Octanary and the Hexanary techniques perform better than the existing techniques in terms of encoding and decoding speed.