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Distributed multimedia databases techniques and applications /

In the last few years, we have observed an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communications, and applications. This revolution is transforming the way people live, work, and interact with each other and is impacting the way business, government services, education, entertainment and health c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shih, Timothy K., 1961-
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2003.
Subjects:
Distributed databases.
Database design.
Multimedia systems.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Distributed Multimedia Databases
  • Bridging the Semantic Gap in Image Retrieval
  • Content-Based Visual Information Retrieval
  • Content-Based Trademark Recognition and Retrieval Based on Discrete Synergetic Neural Network
  • Concepts ofEmergence Index in Image Databases
  • Distributed Temporal Video DBMS Using Vertical Class Partitioning Technique
  • Video-on-Demand : Scalability and QoS Control
  • Video Database Techniques and Video-on-Demand
  • Broadcasting Approaches for VOD Services
  • Watermarking on Compressed/Uncompressed Video Using Communications with Side Information Mechanism
  • Hiding Images Using Dynamic Bit-Replacement and Human Visual System
  • Embedding Robust Gray-Level Watermark in an Image Using Discrete Cosine Transformation
  • Multicast : Concept, Problems, Routing Protocols, Algorithms and QoS Extensions
  • Multimedia and Multi-Stream Synchronization
  • A Simple Prediction Method for Progressive Image Transmission
  • Case Studies of Multimedia Databases
  • A Multimedia Database Supports Internet-Based English Learning
  • Case Study: Cairo, A Distributed Image Retrieval System for Cluster Architectures
  • VRML-Based System for a Three-Dimensional Virtual Museum
  • Organizing Multimedia Objects Using a Class Algebra Database
  • Use of the Frame Synchronization Technique to Improve the Visualization Realism on the Web
  • Future Multimedia Databases and Research Directions.

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