Ebook: Multimedia Database Systems: Issues and Research Directions

The emerging information superhighway will bring to homes and businesses the ability to access and manipulate a vast amount of information stored in a variety of forms in different databases. Multimedia systems facilitate the access and manipulation of such information across high-speed networks. Multimedia database systems are a new generation of database systems that will provide a unified and interactive framework for users to request and integrate information stored in a variety of media. Applications of such systems in scientific research, commercial and business activities (such as interactive TV systems for marketing, banking, entertainment, manufacturing, and design), law enforcement, and military operations are numerous and obvious. This book presents basic research establishing the theory and practice of multimedia databasae systems. Issues relating to the theory of such systems, query languages for multimedia databases, indexing structures, implementations of such systems, and industrial and government applications are addressed. The book will form a valuable text for advanced courses in Multimedia Database Systems.

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The emerging information superhighway will bring to homes and businesses the ability to access and manipulate a vast amount of information stored in a variety of forms in different databases. Multimedia systems facilitate the access and manipulation of such information across high-speed networks. Multimedia database systems are a new generation of database systems that will provide a unified and interactive framework for users to request and integrate information stored in a variety of media. Applications of such systems in scientific research, commercial and business activities (such as interactive TV systems for marketing, banking, entertainment, manufacturing, and design), law enforcement, and military operations are numerous and obvious. This book presents basic research establishing the theory and practice of multimedia databasae systems. Issues relating to the theory of such systems, query languages for multimedia databases, indexing structures, implementations of such systems, and industrial and government applications are addressed. The book will form a valuable text for advanced courses in Multimedia Database Systems.

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The emerging information superhighway will bring to homes and businesses the ability to access and manipulate a vast amount of information stored in a variety of forms in different databases. Multimedia systems facilitate the access and manipulation of such information across high-speed networks. Multimedia database systems are a new generation of database systems that will provide a unified and interactive framework for users to request and integrate information stored in a variety of media. Applications of such systems in scientific research, commercial and business activities (such as interactive TV systems for marketing, banking, entertainment, manufacturing, and design), law enforcement, and military operations are numerous and obvious. This book presents basic research establishing the theory and practice of multimedia databasae systems. Issues relating to the theory of such systems, query languages for multimedia databases, indexing structures, implementations of such systems, and industrial and government applications are addressed. The book will form a valuable text for advanced courses in Multimedia Database Systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Towards a Theory of Multimedia Database Systems....Pages 1-35
A Unified Approach to Data Modeling and Retrieval for a Class of Image Database Applications....Pages 37-78
Design and Implementation of QBISM, a 3D Medical Image Database System....Pages 79-100
Retrieval of Pictures Using Approximate Matching....Pages 101-112
Ink as a First-Class Datatype in Multimedia Databases....Pages 113-163
Indexing for Retrieval by Similarity....Pages 165-184
A Data Access Structure for Filtering Distance Queries in Image Retrieval....Pages 185-213
Stream-based Versus Structured Video Objects: Issues, Solutions, and Challenges....Pages 215-236
The Storage and Retrieval of Continuous Media Data....Pages 237-261
Querying Multimedia Databases in SQL....Pages 263-277
Multimedia Authoring Systems....Pages 279-296
Metadata for Building the MultiMedia Patch Quilt....Pages 297-319
Back Matter....Pages 321-323

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The emerging information superhighway will bring to homes and businesses the ability to access and manipulate a vast amount of information stored in a variety of forms in different databases. Multimedia systems facilitate the access and manipulation of such information across high-speed networks. Multimedia database systems are a new generation of database systems that will provide a unified and interactive framework for users to request and integrate information stored in a variety of media. Applications of such systems in scientific research, commercial and business activities (such as interactive TV systems for marketing, banking, entertainment, manufacturing, and design), law enforcement, and military operations are numerous and obvious. This book presents basic research establishing the theory and practice of multimedia databasae systems. Issues relating to the theory of such systems, query languages for multimedia databases, indexing structures, implementations of such systems, and industrial and government applications are addressed. The book will form a valuable text for advanced courses in Multimedia Database Systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Towards a Theory of Multimedia Database Systems....Pages 1-35
A Unified Approach to Data Modeling and Retrieval for a Class of Image Database Applications....Pages 37-78
Design and Implementation of QBISM, a 3D Medical Image Database System....Pages 79-100
Retrieval of Pictures Using Approximate Matching....Pages 101-112
Ink as a First-Class Datatype in Multimedia Databases....Pages 113-163
Indexing for Retrieval by Similarity....Pages 165-184
A Data Access Structure for Filtering Distance Queries in Image Retrieval....Pages 185-213
Stream-based Versus Structured Video Objects: Issues, Solutions, and Challenges....Pages 215-236
The Storage and Retrieval of Continuous Media Data....Pages 237-261
Querying Multimedia Databases in SQL....Pages 263-277
Multimedia Authoring Systems....Pages 279-296
Metadata for Building the MultiMedia Patch Quilt....Pages 297-319
Back Matter....Pages 321-323
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