Variable Length Integer Encoding+
Summary
The IEEE 754 floating point standard is ubiquitous, however, it is rather inflexible due to a fixed-length exponent encoding and some additional drawbacks. Multiple new format families with variable length encoding of the exponent (tapered accuracy) have been suggested. But there are so many more possibilities, how do we know what is best? We develop a framework which allows the exploration of all options in variable-length integer encoding, i.e. all uniquely decipherable exhaustive binary codes can be represented.
Current people
- Robert Strzodka (co-PI)