Multimedia Database Management Systems: Research Issues and Future Directions

by B. Thuraisingham (Editor), Kingsley C. Nwosu (Editor), P. Bruce Berra (Editor)

Overview

Multimedia Database Management Systems brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this important area.
Multimedia Database Management Systems serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most important research issues in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792398868
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	02/28/1997
Edition description:	Reprinted from MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS, 4:2, 1997
Pages:	151
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Guest Editorial.- Management of Multimedia Scenarios in an Object-Oriented Database System.- The Architecture of the Dalí Main-Memory Storage Manager.- Supporting Content-Based Retrieval in Large Image Database Systems.- A Constraint-Driven Approach to Automate the Organization and Playout of Presentations in Multimedia Databases.- Management of Multi-Structured Hypermedia Documents: A Data Model, Query Language, and Indexing Scheme.- Techniques for Fast Partitioning of Compressed and Uncompressed Video.

Editorial Reviews

In this special issue of "Multimedia Tools and Applications," six papers address challenges in data modeling, architecture, and query language and processing issues. Topics include the management of multimedia scenarios in an object-oriented database system, the architecture of the Dali Main-Memory Storage manager, supporting content-based retrieval in large image database systems, a constraint-driven approach to automate the organization and playout of presentations in multimedia databases, management of multistructured hypermedia documents, and techniques for fast partitioning of compressed and uncompressed video. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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