Proof of Achievability Part of Rate-Distortion Theorem without Random Coding

The achievability part of the rate -distortion theorem is proved by showing existence of good codes. For i.i.d. sources, two methods showing existence are known; random coding and non-random coding. For general sources, however, no proof in which good codes are constructed with non-random coding is found. In this paper, with a non-random method of code construction, we prove the achievability part of the rate -distortion theorem for general sources. Moreover, we also prove a stochastic variation of the rate -distortion theorem with the same method.