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We consider causal, low-latency, sequential lossy compression, with mean squared-error (MSE) as the distortion loss, and a perception loss function (PLF) to enhance the realism of reconstructions. As the main contribution, we propose and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Sadaf Salehkalaibar , Buu Phan , Likun Cai , Joao Atz Dick , Wei Yu , Jun Chen , Ashish Khisti

The "water-filling" solution for the quadratic rate-distortion function of a stationary Gaussian source is given in terms of its power spectrum. This formula naturally lends itself to a frequency domain "test-channel" realization. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-02-18 Ram Zamir , Yuval Kochman , Uri Erez

The nascent field of Rate-Distortion-Perception (RDP) theory is seeing a surge of research interest due to the application of machine learning techniques in the area of lossy compression. The information RDP function characterizes the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-01 Chunhui Chen , Xueyan Niu , Wenhao Ye , Shitong Wu , Bo Bai , Weichao Chen , Sian-Jheng Lin

This paper investigates applications of nonanticipative Rate Distortion Function (RDF) in a) zero-delay Joint Source-Channel Coding (JSCC) design based on average and excess distortion probability, b) in bounding the Optimal Performance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Photios A. Stavrou , Christos K. Kourtellaris , C. D. Charalambous

We extend the Rate-Distortion-Perception (RDP) framework to the R\'enyi information-theoretic regime, utilizing Sibson's $\alpha$-mutual information to characterize the fundamental limits under distortion and perception constraints. For…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Jiahui Wei , Marios Kountouris

We deal with zero-delay source coding of a vector Gaussian autoregressive (AR) source subject to an average mean squared error (MSE) fidelity criterion. Toward this end, we consider the nonanticipative rate distortion function (NRDF) which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-22 Photios A. Stavrou , Jan Ostergaard , Charalambos D. Charalambous , Milan Derpich

A general expression for the distortion rate function (DRF) of cyclostationary Gaussian processes in terms of their spectral properties is derived. This expression can be seen as the result of orthogonalization over the different components…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-11 Alon Kipnis , Andrea J. Goldsmith , Yonina C. Eldar

We characterize the rate-distortion function for zero-mean stationary Gaussian sources under the MSE fidelity criterion and subject to the additional constraint that the distortion is uncorrelated to the input. The solution is given by two…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-01-14 Milan S. Derpich , Jan Ostergaard , Graham C. Goodwin

In this paper, we analyze the indirect source coding problem with side information at both the encoder and decoder, as well as only at the decoder. We first derive structural properties of the two rate distortion functions (RDFs) for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Evagoras Stylianou , Michail Gkagkos , Charalambos D. Charalambous

In this paper the relation between nonanticipative rate distortion function (RDF) and Bayesian filtering theory is further investigated on general Polish spaces. The relation is established via an optimization on the space of conditional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-21 Photios A. Stavrou , Charalambos D. Charalambous

We consider a remote source coding problem subject to a {distortion function}. Contrary to the use of the classical separable distortion criterion, herein we consider the more general, $f$-separable distortion measure and study its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-19 Photios A. Stavrou , Yanina Shkel , Marios Kountouris

In the context of lossy compression, Blau & Michaeli (2019) adopt a mathematical notion of perceptual quality and define the information rate-distortion-perception function, generalizing the classical rate-distortion tradeoff. We consider…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-23 George Zhang , Jingjing Qian , Jun Chen , Ashish Khisti

The lower the distortion of an estimator, the more the distribution of its outputs generally deviates from the distribution of the signals it attempts to estimate. This phenomenon, known as the perception-distortion tradeoff, has captured…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-07 Dror Freirich , Tomer Michaeli , Ron Meir

We establish a single-letter characterization of the fundamental distortion-rate-perception tradeoff with limited common randomness under the squared error distortion measure and the squared Wasserstein-2 perception measure. Moreover, it is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Xiqiang Qu , Jun Chen , Lei Yu , Xiangyu Xu

The self-random number generation (SRNG) problem is considered for general setting. In the literature, the optimum SRNG rate with respect to the variational distance has been discussed. In this paper, we first try to characterize the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Ryo Nomura

We study the computation of the rate-distortion-perception function (RDPF) for discrete memoryless sources subject to a single-letter average distortion constraint and a perception constraint belonging to the family of $f$-divergences. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Giuseppe Serra , Photios A. Stavrou , Marios Kountouris

The additive rate-distortion function (ARDF) was developed in order to universally bound the rate loss in the Wyner-Ziv problem, and has since then been instrumental in e.g., bounding the rate loss in successive refinements, universal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-26 Jan Ostergaard , Ram Zamir

New bounds on the rate distortion function of certain non-Gaussian sources, with a proportional-weighted mean-square error (MSE) distortion measure, are given. The growth, g, of the rate distortion function, as a result of changing from a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Jacob Binia

The multivariate Gaussian rate-distortion (RD) function is crucial in various applications, such as digital communications, data storage, or neural networks. However, the complex form of the multivariate Gaussian RD function prevents its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Zhenglin Huang , Qifa Yan , Bin Dai , Xiaohu Tang

The relation between rate distortion function (RDF) and Bayesian filtering theory is discussed. The relation is established by imposing a causal or realizability constraint on the reconstruction conditional distribution of the RDF, leading…

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