Dynamic computational complexity and bit allocation for optimizing H.264/AVC video compression

Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-74

  Kaminsky, E ^a   Grois, D ^a   Hadar, O ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bit allocation; Coding modes selection; Computational complexity allocation; H.264 AVC; Video compression

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; IMAGE CODING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BIT ALLOCATION; CODING MODES SELECTION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY ALLOCATION; H.264/AVC;

IMAGE COMPRESSION;

EID: 36849007432     PISSN: 10473203     EISSN: 10959076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvcir.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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