AAABBAAABBCECE => 3A2B3A2B1C1E1C1E
然而,在上述示例中,该方法导致压缩文本使用更多的空间。更好的想法是使用数字来表示在给定文本中该数字后面的子字符串出现的次数。例如:
AAABBAAABBCECE => 2AAABB2CE(“AAABB”两次,然后“CE”两次)。
现在,我的问题是:如何实现一个有效的算法,使用这种方法找出最优 RLE 中的最小字符数?暴力方法存在,但我需要更快的方法(最多O(length^2))。也许我们可以使用动态规划?
通过动态规划,可以在二次时间内完成,这里是一些Python代码:
import sys
import numpy as np
bignum = 10000
S = sys.argv[1] #'AAABBAAABBCECE'
N = len(S)
# length of longest substring match bet s[i:] and s[j:]
maxmatch = np.zeros( (N+1,N+1), dtype=int)
for i in xrange(N-1,-1,-1):
for j in xrange(i+1,N):
if S[i] == S[j]:
maxmatch[i,j] = maxmatch[i+1,j+1]+1
# P[n,k] = cost of encoding first n characters given that last k are a block
P = np.zeros( (N+1,N+1),dtype=int ) + bignum
# Q[n] = cost of encoding first n characters
Q = np.zeros(N+1, dtype=int) + bignum
# base case: no cost for empty string
P[0,0]=0
Q[0]=0
for n in xrange(1,N+1):
for k in xrange(1,n+1):
if n-2*k >= 0:
# s1, s2 = S[n-k:n], S[n-2*k:n-k]
# if s1 == s2:
if maxmatch[n-2*k,n-k] >=k:
# Here we are incrementing the count: C x_1...x_k -> C+1 x_1...x_k
P[n,k] = min(P[n,k], P[n-k,k])
print 'P[%d,%d] = %d' % (n,k,P[n,k])
# Here we are starting a new block: 1 x_1...x_k
P[n,k] = min(P[n,k], Q[n-k] + 1 + k)
print 'P[%d,%d] = %d' % (n,k,P[n,k])
for k in xrange(1,n+1):
Q[n] = min(Q[n], P[n,k])
print
print Q[N]
通过沿途记住你的选择,你可以重构实际编码。
我省略了一个小细节,即如果C很大,我们可能需要使用额外的字节来保存C+1。如果你使用32位整数,在这个算法的运行时间可行的任何情况下都不会出现这种情况。如果你有时使用较短的整数来节省空间,则必须考虑它,并根据最新的C的大小向你的表添加另一个维度。理论上,这可能会增加一个log(N)因子,但我认为在实践中不会明显。
编辑:为了@Moron的利益,这里是相同的代码,带有更多的打印语句,以便您更轻松地看到算法的思路:
import sys
import numpy as np
bignum = 10000
S = sys.argv[1] #'AAABBAAABBCECE'
N = len(S)
# length of longest substring match bet s[i:] and s[j:]
maxmatch = np.zeros( (N+1,N+1), dtype=int)
for i in xrange(N-1,-1,-1):
for j in xrange(i+1,N):
if S[i] == S[j]:
maxmatch[i,j] = maxmatch[i+1,j+1]+1
# P[n,k] = cost of encoding first n characters given that last k are a block
P = np.zeros( (N+1,N+1),dtype=int ) + bignum
# Q[n] = cost of encoding first n characters
Q = np.zeros(N+1, dtype=int) + bignum
# base case: no cost for empty string
P[0,0]=0
Q[0]=0
for n in xrange(1,N+1):
for k in xrange(1,n+1):
if n-2*k >= 0:
# s1, s2 = S[n-k:n], S[n-2*k:n-k]
# if s1 == s2:
if maxmatch[n-2*k,n-k] >=k:
# Here we are incrementing the count: C x_1...x_k -> C+1 x_1...x_k
P[n,k] = min(P[n,k], P[n-k,k])
print "P[%d,%d] = %d\t I can encode first %d characters of S in only %d characters if I use my solution for P[%d,%d] with %s's count incremented" % (n\
,k,P[n,k],n,P[n-k,k],n-k,k,S[n-k:n])
# Here we are starting a new block: 1 x_1...x_k
P[n,k] = min(P[n,k], Q[n-k] + 1 + k)
print 'P[%d,%d] = %d\t I can encode first %d characters of S in only %d characters if I use my solution for Q[%d] with a new block 1%s' % (n,k,P[n,k],n,Q[\
n-k]+1+k,n-k,S[n-k:n])
for k in xrange(1,n+1):
Q[n] = min(Q[n], P[n,k])
print
print 'Q[%d] = %d\t I can encode first %d characters of S in only %d characters!' % (n,Q[n],n,Q[n])
print
print Q[N]
在ABCDABCDABCDBCD上,它输出的最后几行如下:
Q[13] = 7 I can encode first 13 characters of S in only 7 characters!
P[14,1] = 9 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 9 characters if I use my solution for Q[13] with a new block 1C
P[14,2] = 8 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 8 characters if I use my solution for Q[12] with a new block 1BC
P[14,3] = 13 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 13 characters if I use my solution for Q[11] with a new block 1DBC
P[14,4] = 13 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 13 characters if I use my solution for Q[10] with a new block 1CDBC
P[14,5] = 13 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 13 characters if I use my solution for Q[9] with a new block 1BCDBC
P[14,6] = 12 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 12 characters if I use my solution for Q[8] with a new block 1ABCDBC
P[14,7] = 16 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[7] with a new block 1DABCDBC
P[14,8] = 16 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[6] with a new block 1CDABCDBC
P[14,9] = 16 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[5] with a new block 1BCDABCDBC
P[14,10] = 16 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[4] with a new block 1ABCDABCDBC
P[14,11] = 16 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[3] with a new block 1DABCDABCDBC
P[14,12] = 16 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[2] with a new block 1CDABCDABCDBC
P[14,13] = 16 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[1] with a new block 1BCDABCDABCDBC
P[14,14] = 15 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 15 characters if I use my solution for Q[0] with a new block 1ABCDABCDABCDBC
Q[14] = 8 I can encode first 14 characters of S in only 8 characters!
P[15,1] = 10 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 10 characters if I use my solution for Q[14] with a new block 1D
P[15,2] = 10 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 10 characters if I use my solution for Q[13] with a new block 1CD
P[15,3] = 11 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 11 characters if I use my solution for P[12,3] with BCD's count incremented
P[15,3] = 9 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 9 characters if I use my solution for Q[12] with a new block 1BCD
P[15,4] = 14 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 14 characters if I use my solution for Q[11] with a new block 1DBCD
P[15,5] = 14 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 14 characters if I use my solution for Q[10] with a new block 1CDBCD
P[15,6] = 14 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 14 characters if I use my solution for Q[9] with a new block 1BCDBCD
P[15,7] = 13 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 13 characters if I use my solution for Q[8] with a new block 1ABCDBCD
P[15,8] = 17 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 17 characters if I use my solution for Q[7] with a new block 1DABCDBCD
P[15,9] = 17 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 17 characters if I use my solution for Q[6] with a new block 1CDABCDBCD
P[15,10] = 17 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 17 characters if I use my solution for Q[5] with a new block 1BCDABCDBCD
P[15,11] = 17 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 17 characters if I use my solution for Q[4] with a new block 1ABCDABCDBCD
P[15,12] = 17 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 17 characters if I use my solution for Q[3] with a new block 1DABCDABCDBCD
P[15,13] = 17 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 17 characters if I use my solution for Q[2] with a new block 1CDABCDABCDBCD
P[15,14] = 17 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 17 characters if I use my solution for Q[1] with a new block 1BCDABCDABCDBCD
P[15,15] = 16 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 16 characters if I use my solution for Q[0] with a new block 1ABCDABCDABCDBCD
Q[15] = 9 I can encode first 15 characters of S in only 9 characters!
我不认为动态规划在这里会起作用,因为你可能需要在解决方案中使用长度约为一半的子字符串。看起来你需要使用暴力破解。 对于相关问题,请查看Lempel-Ziv-Welch Algorithm。它是一种有效的算法,通过使用子字符串来找到最小编码。
一种常见的RLE压缩数据的编码方式是指定一个特殊字节作为“DLE”(抱歉,我不记得这个术语代表什么),它意味着“接下来是一个计数,后面跟着一个字节”。
通过这种方式,只需要对重复的序列进行编码。通常选择DLE符号时会尽量减小其在未压缩数据中出现的可能性。
对于你的原始示例,让我们将句号(或点)设为DLE,这样可以将你的示例编码如下:
AAABBAAABBCECE => 3A2B3A2B1C1E1C1E <-- your encoding
AAABBAAABBCECE => .3ABB.3ABBCECE <-- my encoding
只有在编码后能够节省空间时,才会对序列进行编码。如果将序列长度限制为255,则计数适合一个字节,因此序列需要3个字节:DLE、计数和要重复的字节。您可能也不会对3字节的序列进行编码,因为解码这些序列比非编码序列多一些开销。
在您的简单示例中,没有节省空间,但是如果您尝试压缩包含大量白色区域的位图,例如记事本或浏览器的屏幕截图,则可以实现真正的空间节省。
如果您自然地遇到DLE字符,请发出0的计数,因为我们知道我们永远不会对长度为0的序列进行编码,DLE后跟0字节意味着您将其解码为单个DLE字节。