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Multi-scale information content measurement method based on Shannon information

The new mathematical method presented here provides a more accurate estimate of the (internal) information content of any discrete pattern based on Shannon's original function. The method is tested on different data sets and the results are compared with the results of other methods like compression algorithms.

Effective Handling of Big Images in Java

I was searching for a simple and effective solution for loading and manipulating very large images with BufferedImage. The problem was that BufferedImage stores the whole image in the memory.