Emeritus Professor John C. Kieffer Journal Publications


[78] Zhang, J.; Yang, E.-H; Kieffer, J. C. ``A Universal Grammar-Based Code For Lossless Compression of Binary Trees.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 60 (2014), no. 3, 1373--1386.

[77] Kieffer, J. C. ``A Catalog of Self-Affine Hierarchical Entropy Functions.'' Algorithms (Basel) 4 (2011), no. 4, 307--333.

[76] Rokhani, F.; Kan, W.-C.; Kieffer, J. C.; Sobelman, G. ``Optimality of Bus-Invert Coding.'' IEEE Trans. Circuits Systems II: Express Briefs 55 (2008), no. 11, 1134--1138.

[75] Kieffer, J. C. ``Epsilon-Capacity of Binary Symmetric Averaged Channels.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 53 (2007), no. 1, 288--303.

[74] Vitthaladevuni, P.; Alouini, M.-S.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Exact BER Computation for Cross QAM Constellations*.'' IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 4 (2005), no. 6, 3039--3050.

[73] Liao, Y.; Kieffer, J. C. ``A New High Rate Code Scheme With Highly Parallel and Low Complexity Decoding Algorithm.'' IEEE Communications Letters 8 (2004), no. 6, 386--387.

[72] Kieffer, J. C.; Szpankowski, W.; Yang, E.-H. ``Problems on Sequences: Information Theory and Computer Science Interface.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 50 (2004), no. 7, 1385--1391.

[71] Kieffer, J. C.; Yang, E.-H. ``Grammar-Based Lossless Universal Refinement Source Coding.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 50 (2004), no. 7, 1415--1424.

[70] Peng, K.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Embedded Image Compression Based on Wavelet Pixel Classification and Sorting.'' IEEE Trans. Image Proc. 13 (2004), no. 8, 1011--1017.

[69] Kieffer, J. C.; Yang, E.-H. ``Structured Grammar-Based Codes for Universal Lossless Data Compression.'' Communications in Information and Systems 2 (2002), no. 2, 29--52.

[68] Yang, E.-H.; Kaltchenko, A.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Universal Lossless Data Compression With Side Information by Using a Conditional MPM Grammar Transform.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 47 (2001), no. 6, 2130--2150.

[67] Yang, E.-H.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Efficient universal lossless data compression algorithms based on a greedy sequential grammar transform. I. Without context models.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 46 (2000), no. 3, 755--777.

[66] Kieffer, J. C.; Yang, E.-H. ``Grammar-based codes: a new class of universal lossless source codes.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 46 (2000), no. 3, 737--754.

[65] Kieffer, J. C.; Yang, E.-H.; Nelson, G. J.; Cosman, P. ``Universal lossless compression via multilevel pattern matching.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 46 (2000), no. 4, 1227--1245.

[64] Yakowitz, S.; Györfi, L.; Kieffer, J. C.; Morvai, G. ``Strongly consistent nonparametric forecasting and regression for stationary ergodic sequences.'' J. Multivariate Anal. 71 (1999), no. 1, 24--41.

[63] Yang, E.-H.; Kieffer, J. C. ``On the performance of data compression algorithms based upon string matching.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 44 (1998), no. 1, 47--65.

[62] Yang, E.-H.; Kieffer, J. C. ``On the redundancy of the fixed-database Lempel-Ziv algorithm for phi-mixing sources.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 43 (1997), no. 4, 1101--1111.

[61] Kieffer, J.; Yang, E.-H. ``Ergodic behavior of graph entropy.'' Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (1997), 11--16.

[60] Kieffer, J. C.; Yang, E.-H. ``Sequential codes, lossless compression of individual sequences, and Kolmogorov complexity.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 42 (1996), no. 1, 29--39.

[59] Yang, E.-H.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Simple universal lossy data compression schemes derived from the Lempel-Ziv algorithm.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 42 (1996), no. 1, 239--246.

[58] Kieffer, J. C. ``A survey of the theory of source coding with a fidelity criterion.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 39 (1993), no. 5, 1473--1490.

[57] Kieffer, J. C. ``Strongly consistent code-based identification and order estimation for constrained finite-state model classes.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 39 (1993), no. 3, 893--902.

[56] Kieffer, J. C. ``Sample converses in source coding theory.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 37 (1991), no. 2, 263--268.

[55] Kieffer, J. C. ``Strong converses in source coding relative to a fidelity criterion.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 37 (1991), no. 2, 257--262.

[54] Kieffer, J. C. ``Comparison of two optimum rates for noiseless encoding of a nonstationary information source.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 36 (1990), no. 2, 256--261.

[53] Kieffer, J. C. ``Analysis of dc input response for a class of one-bit feedback encoders.'' IEEE Trans. Communications 38 (1990), no. 3, 337--340.

[52] Kieffer, J. C. ``Finite-state adaptive block to variable-length noiseless coding of a nonstationary information source.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 35 (1989), no. 6, 1259--1263.

[51] Kieffer, J. C. ``An ergodic theorem for constrained sequences of functions.'' Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 21 (1989), no. 2, 249--254.

[50] Kieffer, J. C.; Jahns, T. M.; Obuljen, V. A. ``New results on optimal entropy-constrained quantization.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 34 (1988), no. 5, part II, 1250--1258.

[49] Kieffer, J. C. ``Fixed-rate encoding of nonstationary information sources.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 33 (1987), no. 5, 651--655.

[48] Kieffer, J. C. ``A simple development of the Thouvenot relative isomorphism theory.'' Ann. Probab. 12 (1984), no. 1, 204--211.

[47] Kieffer, J. C.; Dunham, J. G. ``On a type of stochastic stability for a class of encoding schemes.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 29 (1983), no. 6, 793--797.

[46] Kieffer, J. C. ``On obtaining a stationary process isomorphic to a given process with a desired distribution.'' Monatsh. Math. 96 (1983), no. 3, 183--193.

[45] Kieffer, J. C. ``Some topologies on the set of discrete stationary channels.'' Pacific J. Math. 105 (1983), no. 2, 359--385.

[44] Kieffer, J. C. ``Uniqueness of locally optimal quantizer for log-concave density and convex error weighting function.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 29 (1983), no. 1, 42--47.

[43] Kieffer, J. C.; Rahe, M. ``The pointwise ergodic theorem for transformations whose orbits contain or are contained in the orbits of a measure-preserving transformation.'' Canad. J. Math. 34 (1982), no. 6, 1303--1318.

[42] Kieffer, J. C. ``A direct proof that VWB processes are closed in the d-bar metric.'' Israel J. Math. 41 (1982), no. 1-2, 154--160.

[41] Kieffer, J. C.; Rahe, M. ``Finitely fixed implies loosely Bernoulli, a direct proof.'' Israel J. Math. 43 (1982), no. 2, 97--104.

[40] Kieffer, J. C. ``Sliding-block coding for weakly continuous channels.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 28 (1982), no. 1, 2--10.

[39] Kieffer, J. C.; Stanojević, Č. V. ``The Lebesgue integral as the almost sure limit of random Riemann sums.'' Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 85 (1982), no. 3, 389--392.

[38] Kieffer, J. C. ``Characterizations of d-bar total boundedness for classes of B-sources.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 28 (1982), no. 1, 26--35.

[37] Kieffer, J. C. ``Stochastic stability for feedback quantization schemes.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 28 (1982), no. 2, 248--254.

[36] Kieffer, J. C. ``Exponential rate of convergence for Lloyd's method I.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 28 (1982), no. 2, 205--210.

[35] Kieffer, J. C. ``A method for proving multiterminal source coding theorems.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 27 (1981), no. 5, 565--570.

[34] Kieffer, J. C.; Rahe, M. ``Selecting universal partitions in ergodic theory.'' Ann. Probab. 9 (1981), no. 4, 705--709.

[33] Kieffer, J. C. ``Block coding for weakly continuous channels.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 27 (1981), no. 6, 721--727.

[32] Kieffer, J. C. ``Strong universal noiseless block coding of a weakly closed class of ergodic multiterminal sources.'' J. Combin. Inform. System Sci. 6 (1981), no. 4, 297--307.

[31] Kieffer, J. C.; Rahe, M. ``Markov channels are asymptotically mean stationary.'' SIAM J. Math. Anal. 12 (1981), no. 3, 293--305.

[30] Fontana, R. J.; Gray, R. M.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Asymptotically mean stationary channels.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 27 (1981), no. 3, 308--316.

[29] Kieffer, J. C. ``Zero-error stationary coding over stationary channels.'' Z. Wahrsch. Verw. Gebiete 56 (1981), no. 1, 113--126.

[28] Kieffer, J. C. ``On the minimum rate for strong universal block coding of a class of ergodic sources.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 26 (1980), no. 6, 693--702.

[27] Kieffer, J. C. ``Extension of source coding theorems for block codes to sliding-block codes.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 26 (1980), no. 6, 679--692.

[26] Kieffer, J. C. ``Perfect transmission over a discrete memoryless channel requires infinite expected coding time.'' J. Combin. Inform. System Sci. 5 (1980), no. 4, 317--322.

[25] Kieffer, J. C. ``On the transmission of Bernoulli sources over stationary channels.'' Ann. Probab. 8 (1980), no. 5, 942--961.

[24] Kieffer, J. C. ``Some universal noiseless multiterminal source coding theorems.'' Inform. and Control 46 (1980), no. 2, 93--107.

[23] Gray, R. M.; Kieffer, J. C.; Linde, Y. ``Locally optimal block quantizer design.'' Inform. and Control 45 (1980), no. 2, 178--198.

[22] Gray, R. M.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Asymptotically mean stationary measures.'' Ann. Probab. 8 (1980), no. 5, 962--973.

[21] Gray, R. M.; Kieffer, J. C. ``Mutual information rate, distortion, and quantization in metric spaces.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 26 (1980), no. 4, 412--422.

[20] Kieffer, J. C. ``On coding a stationary process to achieve a given marginal distribution.'' Ann. Probab. 8 (1980), no. 1, 131--141.

[19] Kieffer, J. C. ``Estimation of a convex real parameter of an unknown information source.'' Ann. Probab. 7 (1979), no. 5, 882--886.

[18] Kieffer, J. C. ``Variable-length source coding with a cost depending only on the code word length.'' Inform. and Control 41 (1979), no. 2, 136--146.

[17] Kieffer, J. C. ``A unified approach to weak universal source coding.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 24 (1978), no. 6, 674--682.

[16] Kieffer, J. C. ``Block coding for an ergodic source relative to a zero-one valued fidelity criterion.'' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 24 (1978), no. 4, 432--438.

[15] Kieffer, J. C. ``A generalization of the Pursley-Davisson-Mackenthun universal variable-rate coding theorem.'' IEEE Trans. Information Theory 23 (1977), no. 6, 694--697.

[14] Kieffer, J. C. ``On sliding block coding for transmission of a source over a stationary nonanticipatory channel.'' Information and Control 35 (1977), no. 1, 1--19.

[13] Kieffer, J. C. ``On the minimum number of fixed length sequences with fixed total probability.'' Ann. Probability 4 (1976), no. 2, 335--337.

[12] Kieffer, J. C. ``Correction to: A counterexample to Perez's generalization of the Shannon-McMillan theorem.'' Ann. Probability 4 (1976), no. 1, 153--154.

[11] Kieffer, J. C. ``A ratio limit theorem for a strongly subadditive set function in a locally compact amenable group.'' Pacific J. Math. 61 (1975), no. 1, 183--190.

[10] Kieffer, J. C. ``A generalized Shannon-McMillan theorem for the action of an amenable group on a probability space.'' Ann. Probability 3 (1975), no. 6, 1031--1037.

[9] Kieffer, J. C. ``On the optimum average distortion attainable by fixed-rate coding of a nonergodic source.'' IEEE Trans. Information Theory 21 (1975), 190--193.

[8] Kieffer, J. C. ``An entropy equidistribution property for a measurable partition under the action of an amenable group.'' Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 81 (1975), 464--466.

[7] Kieffer, J. C. ``A general formula for the capacity of stationary nonanticipatory channels.'' Information and Control 26 (1974), no. 4, 381--391.

[6] Kieffer, J. C. ``On the approximation of stationary measures by periodic and ergodic measures.'' Ann. Probability 2 (1974), 530--534.

[5] Kieffer, J. C. ``A lower bound on the probability of decoding error for the finite-state channel.'' IEEE Trans. Information Theory 20 (1974), 549--551.

[4] Kieffer, J. C. ``A simple proof of the Moy-Perez generalization of the Shannon-McMillan theorem.'' Pacific J. Math. 51 (1974), 203--206.

[3] Kieffer, J. C. ``A counterexample to Perez's generalization of the Shannon-McMillan theorem.'' Ann. Probability 1 (1973), 362--364.

[2] Kieffer, J. C. ``A covering theorem.'' Amer. Math. Monthly 80 (1973), 410--411.

[1] Kieffer, J. C.; Stein, F. M. ``Solution of an equation in a linear algebra by means of the minimal polynomial.'' Math. Mag. 42 (1969), 114--121.