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by lifthrasiir 530 days ago
In fact, pretty much every adaptive compression algorithm does. The eventual compression ratio would thus be determined by the algorithm (nncp, cmix, ...; also includes smaller tweaks like those typically made by the Hutter Prize winners) and its hyperparameters.
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Yes, the only exception is dictionaries used in preprocessing, but I think that's mostly a tradeoff to reduce the runtime.