Currently the key problems of query optimization are extensibility imposed by object-relational technology, as well as query complexity caused by forthcoming applications, such as...
Given a pair of nonidentical complex objects, de ning and determining how similar they are to each other is a nontrivial problem. In data mining applications, one frequently nee...
We claim that automatic multimedia presentation can be modeled by integrating two complementary approaches to automatic design: hierarchical planning to achieve communicative goal...
Stephan M. Kerpedjiev, Giuseppe Carenini, Steven F...
In this paper, we investigate the suitability of clustered architectures for designing scalable multimedia servers. Specifically, we evaluate the effects of: (i) architectural des...
Renu Tewari, Rajat Mukherjee, Daniel M. Dias, Harr...
Multimedia applications usually involve a large number of multimedia objects (texts, images, sounds etc.). Spatial and temporal relationships among these objects should be efficie...