A Guided Tour of the Fractal Image Compression Literature

Since the conception of fractal image compression by Michael F. Barnsley around 1987 the research literature on this topic has experienced a rapid growth, which is hard to keep track of. This paper contains a brief description of the major advances in the field. The corresponding relevant papers are presented in the form of the original (slightly edited) abstracts. Also included is a comprehensive bibliography, the largest published on this topic to this date.