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Tables of Contents for Distributed Multimedia Databases
Chapter/Section Title
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Preface
i
Part I: An Introduction to Multimedia Database
Distributed Multimedia Databases
2
12
Timothy K. Shih
Part II: Content-Based Retrieval and Image Database Techniques
Bridging the Semantic Gap in Image Retrieval
14
23
Rong Zhao
William I. Grosky
Content-Based Visual Information Retrieval
37
21
Oge Marques
Borko Furht
Content-Based Trademark Recognition and Retrieval Based on Discrete Synergetic Neural Network
58
15
Tong Zhao
H. Lilian Tang
Horace H. S. Ip
Feihu Qi
Concepts of Emergence Index in Image Databases
73
17
Sagarmay Deb
Yanchun Zhang
Part III: Video Database and Video-on-Demand
Distributed Temporal Video DBMS Using Vertical Class Partitioning Technique
90
21
Chi-wai Fung
Rynson Lau
Hong Va Leong
Qing Li
Antonio Si
Video-on-Demand: Scalability and QoS Control
111
9
Fulu Li
Video Abstraction Techniques for a Digital Library
120
13
Hang-Bong Kang
Video Database Techniques and Video-on-Demand
133
14
Jen-Wen Ding
Yueh-Min Huang
Sheng-Yuan Zeng
Cheng-Chung Chu
Broadcasting Approaches for VOD Services
147
26
Ming-Hour Yang
Yu-Chee Tseng
Part IV: Watermark Techniques
Watermarking on Compressed/Uncompressed Video Using Communications with Side Information Mechanism
173
17
Chun-Shien Lu
Hong-Yuan Mark Liao
Jan-Ru Chen
Kuo-Chin Fan
Hiding Images Using Dynamic Bit-Replacement and Human Visual System
190
16
Chin-Chen Chang
Kuo-Feng Hwang
Embedding Robust Gray-Level Watermark in an Image Using Discrete Cosine Transformation
206
19
Chwei-Shyong Tsai
Chin-Chen Chang
Tung-Shou Chen
Ming-Huang Chen
Part V: Media Synchronization, Multicast and Quality of Services Techniques
Multicast: Concept, Problems, Routing Protocols, Algorithms and QoS Extensions
225
21
D. Chakraborty
G. Chakraborty
N. Shiratori
Multimedia and Multi-Stream Synchronization
246
16
Fuhua Oscar Lin
A Simple Prediction Method for Progressive Image Transmission
262
12
Chin-Chen Chang
Guang-Xue Xiao
Tung-Shou Chen
Part VI: Case Studies of Multimedia Databases
A Multimedia Database Supports Internet-Based English Learning
274
19
Ying-Hong Wang
Case Study: Cairo -- A Distributed Image Retrieval System for Cluster Architectures
293
13
Odej Kao
Stephan Stapel
VRML-Based System for a Three-Dimensional Virtual Museum
306
12
J.F. Diez Higuera
F.J. Diaz Pernas
Organizing Multimedia Objects Using a Class Algebra Database
318
9
Daniel J. Buehrer
Use of the Frame Synchronization Technique to Improve the Visualization Realism on the Web
327
25
Jiung-Yao Huang
Part VII: Future Directions of Multimedia Databases
Future Multimedia Databases and Research Directions
352
10
Chin-Chen Chang
Yi-Ping Hung
Timothy K. Shih
Ren-Junn Hwang
About the Authors
362
10
Index
372