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Fractal image compression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2013

C. E. MARTIN  and
S. A. CURTIS
C. E. MARTIN
Affiliation:
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX33 1HX, UK (e-mail: cemartin@brookes.ac.uk)
S. A. CURTIS
Affiliation:
Oxford University, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK (e-mail: sharon.curtis@ctsu.ox.ac.uk)
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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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Journal of Functional Programming , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 629 - 657
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