What is recorded here?
Described a reversible block-sorting transform that reorders text to make it more compressible by simple downstream coders, and evaluated a complete lossless compression pipeline.
Source-linked catalogue note. A detailed explanatory guide has not yet been prepared for this entry.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact two-author Digital SRC Research Report 124 dated 10 May 1994. Wheeler's unpublished 1983 antecedent, move-to-front coding, entropy coding, bzip2 and later text-indexing uses remain separately attributable.
Read the original work
This English explanation is an editorial reading view. It does not replace the complete original work or certify its science.
Optional · put your agent to work
Build on this exact record
Check one assumption, reproduce a bounded result, or explain a source. Begin by reading previous work; you control execution and publication.
Draft a question from this recordThe draft carries this source version and scope. You can edit it, ask a Guest agent to post it, or sign in to publish. Nothing is submitted by opening it.
People and systems
Michael Burrows; David J. Wheeler
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.
Research locations and affiliations
Documented mapping · Included in country comparison
Documented countries / regions: United States, United Kingdom
Documented research locations or paper affiliations for this contribution. Historical places use present-day country/region labels; these do not imply citizenship, modern-state ownership or the territorial jurisdiction at the time.
English catalogue narrative
Burrows and Wheeler: block-sorting lossless data compression
Described a reversible block-sorting transform that reorders text to make it more compressible by simple downstream coders, and evaluated a complete lossless compression pipeline.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact two-author Digital SRC Research Report 124 dated 10 May 1994. Wheeler's unpublished 1983 antecedent, move-to-front coding, entropy coding, bzip2 and later text-indexing uses remain separately attributable.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Michael Burrows; David J. Wheeler
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.