Approximating the Gaussian Multiple Description Rate Region Under Symmetric Distortion. Tian, C., Mohajer, S., & Diggavi, S N. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 55(8):3869–3891, August, 2009.
Approximating the Gaussian Multiple Description Rate Region Under Symmetric Distortion [link]Arxiv  abstract   bibtex   
Approximately solves symmetric Gaussian multiple description problem to within a bit, by sandwiching the MD rate region between two polytopes separated by at most a fraction of a bit.
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 abstract = {Approximately solves symmetric Gaussian multiple description problem to within a bit, by sandwiching the MD rate region between two polytopes separated by at most a fraction of a bit.},
 author = {C. Tian and S. Mohajer and  S N. Diggavi},
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 journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Theory},
 label = {tmdj09a},
 month = {August},
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 pages = {3869--3891},
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 title = {Approximating the Gaussian Multiple Description Rate Region Under Symmetric Distortion},
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 url_arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.3631},
 volume = {55},
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