| Description |
ix, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science ; SECS 431.. Multimedia systems and applications |
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Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science ; SECS 431
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Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science. Multimedia systems and applications.
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| Contents |
1. Processor Architectures for Multimedia / Borko Furht -- 2. DVDs: Much Needed "Shot in the Arm" for Video Servers / Vijnan Shastri, P. Venkat Rangan and Srihari Sampath-Kumar -- 3. Mitra: A Scalable Continuous Media Server / Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Roger Zimmermann and Weifeng Shi [et al.] -- 4. Multimedia Caching Strategies for Heterogeneous Application and Server Environments / Asit Dan and Dinkar Sitaram -- 5. Benchmarking Multimedia Databases / A. Desai Narasimhalu, Mohan S. Kankanhalli and Jiankang Wu -- 6. Four Promising Multimedia Databases and Their Embodiments / Y. Yaginuma, T. Yatabe and T. Satou [et al.] -- 7. An Annotation Engine for Supporting Video Database Population / Marco Carrer, Leonardo Ligresti and Gulrukh Ahanger [et al.] -- 8. Similarity as a Geometer / Simone Santini and Ramesh Jain -- 9. Concepts for Resource Reservation in Advance / Lars C. Wolf and Ralf Steinmetz |
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10. Improving End System Performance for Multimedia Applications over High Bandwidth Networks / S. Zeadally, G. Gheorghiu and A. F. J. Levi -- 11. Multimedia Applications Development: Experiences / Nicolas D. Georganas -- 12. Multimedia Meets the Internet: Present and Future / Michael Wynblatt, Dan Benson and Arding Hsu [et al.] -- 13. Virtual Sample Processing: Extending the Reach of Multimedia / Vanu G. Bose, Andrew G. Chiu and David L. Tennenhouse |
| Summary |
Multimedia Technologies and Applications for the 21st Century: Visions of World Experts should stimulate the curiosity of its readers and inspire new technological breakthroughs in this exciting field. It serves as a valuable reference for system designers, engineers, programmers, and managers who are involved in multimedia systems, the Internet, and their applications. This book can also be used as a textbook for advanced courses on multimedia in engineering curricula |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Multimedia systems.
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| Author |
Furht, Borivoje.
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| LC no. |
97032126 |
| ISBN |
0792380746 (acid-free paper) |
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