Test compression / decompression using variable-length coding is an efficient method for reducing the test application cost, i.e., test application time and the size of the storage of an LSI tester. However, some coding techniques impose slow test application, and consequently a large test application time is required despite the high compression. In this paper, we clarify the fact that test ap...

A universal algorithm for sequential data compression is presented. Its performance is investigated with respect to a nonprobabilistic model of constrained sources. The compression ratio achieved by the proposed universal code uniformly approaches the lower bounds on the compression ratios attainable by block-to-variable codes and variable-to-block codes designed to match a completely specified...

We address the problem of improving variable-length-toxed-length codes (VF codes). A VF code is an encoding scheme that uses a xed-length code, and thus, one can easily access the compressed data. However, conventional VF codes usually have an inferior compression ratio to that of variable-length codes. Although a method proposed by T. Uemura et al. in 2010 achieves a good compression ratio com...

design. The program is very handy to make preliminary parametric studies which may later be validated experimentally. Another unique feature of the program is that it is able to simulate the onset of knock with increase in the compression ratio for specified value of the fuel's RON. A fully computerized, variable compression ratio, variable spark advance SI engine test rig has been used for thi...