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Zero probabilities[edit]

Masoudarash, this wikipedia page details the Tunstall algorithm, not some imaginary improvement upon it. As clearly stated on Tunstall's (somewhat hard to find) thesis, a copy of which is available here, page 19 clearly states as part of the algorithm that the most probable word should be replaced by $N_{A}$ words, which is defined on page 18 as the size of alphabet $A$ , regardless of whether some words have probability zero. Each reference provided details the algorithm this way as well. As a result, I will revert your change. Feel free to discuss it here. Espadrine (talk) 07:27, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]