Advantage of VQ over SQ:
1.For a given rate, VQ results in a lower
distortion than SQ.
2.If the source output is correlate,
vectors of source output values will
tend to fall in clusters.
3.Even if no dependency: greater flexibility.
vector
scalar
A scalar is a magnitude that doesn't specify a direction. A vector is a magnitude where the direction is important and is specified.
The product of a vector and a scalar is a new vector whose magnitude is the product of the magnitude of the original vector and the scalar, and whose direction remains the same as the original vector if the scalar is positive or in the opposite direction if the scalar is negative.
Since you can represent that with a single number, it isn't a vector - just a scalar.
Vector quantization lowers the bit rate of the signal being quantized thus making it more bandwidth efficient than scalar quantization. But this however contributes to it's implementation complexity (computation and storage).
A scalar times a vector is a vector.
vector
Yes, you can add a scalar to a vector by adding the scalar value to each component of the vector.
Scalar
When multiplying a vector by a scalar, each component of the vector is multiplied by the scalar. This operation changes the magnitude of the vector but not its direction. Similarly, dividing a vector by a scalar involves dividing each component of the vector by the scalar.
An earthquake is neither a scalar nor a vector. It is an event.
vector
vector
Yes, you can multiply a vector by a scalar. The scalar will multiply each component of the vector by the same value, resulting in a new vector with each component scaled by that value.
scalar
Time is scalar