Fractal image compression

This paper describes some experiences of using fractal image compression as the subject of an assignment for a functional programming course using Haskell. The students were fascinated by the reproduction of images from their encodings and engaged well with the exercise which involved only elementar...

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Published inJournal of functional programming Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 629 - 657
Main Authors MARTIN, C. E., CURTIS, S. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2013
Subjects
Educational Pearls
Encoding
Fractal analysis
Fractals
Image compression
Programming
Reproduction
Students
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ISSN0956-7968
1469-7653
1469-7653
DOI10.1017/S095679681300021X

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Summary:This paper describes some experiences of using fractal image compression as the subject of an assignment for a functional programming course using Haskell. The students were fascinated by the reproduction of images from their encodings and engaged well with the exercise which involved only elementary functional programming techniques.
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ISSN:0956-7968
1469-7653
1469-7653
DOI:10.1017/S095679681300021X