"This book provides an introduction to the most recent techniques in multimedia semantic mining necessary to researchers new to the field"--Provided by publisher.
This work explains theories, models, and applications of semantic web research, focusing on mobile ontologies and agents, fuzzy databases, and new approaches to retrieval and evaluation in semantic we
This handbook provides answers to questions on the design of secure multimedia distribution systems. It addresses a variety of issues related to the protection of digital multimedia content, digital r
Semantic web engineering addresses the language barriers between human and computers and provides a bridge between conflicting information systems, and this collection of research articles delves into
"This book describes some of the applied methods to code imagery and multimedia for research value. "Coding" here is used in a broad way to mean the interpretation and labeling of contents...to know w
This text on semantic web technology provides suggestions, solutions, and recommendations for emerging research in the field, as well as commentary on the field's directions, challenges, and issues. S
This collection of thirteen articles on knowledge management and the semantic web presents current scholarship in a variety of areas related to the next generation of personalization technologies for
Author and educator Kalyuga (U. of New South Wales) outlines theory and research-based recommendations on information presentation techniques in both multimedia and electronic learning environments. T
This title provides real-life cases illustrating the benefits of Semantic Web technologies as applied to e-business and e-commerce scenarios. Garcia (Universidad de Lleida, Spain) includes a variety o
Karmaker and Dooley, both affiliated with Monash University, Australia, gather research on all aspects and implications of the accelerated progress of mobile multimedia technologies. Covered topics in
Editors Singh, Dey, Ashour, and Santhi present readers with a collection of academic and professional perspectives on the embedding and associating of semantics within multimedia information to im
Researchers from Greece, Portugal, and Canada present 10 chapters on digital tools for computer music production and distribution, covering audiovisual tools for rich multimedia interaction, including
The opening chapters of this collection describe a systematic approach to managing natural disasters, a multimedia educational game for disaster risk reduction in Venezuela, public awareness and train
International contributors in IT security engineering, semantic web, web services, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) present keys theoretical and practical approaches, research lines, and challe
The 20 papers in this collection explore different approaches to mobile and cooperative e-learning, virtual laboratories, web-based course forums, multimedia tools, conference systems, and other web-b
This handbook is intended for students, researchers, law enforcement personnel, and IT and multimedia practitioners involved in the use, design, and development of digital devices and techniques for f
Computer scientists, electrical engineers, and other researchers working in communications and telecommunications explore recent developments in mission critical communications systems for use in
Fifteen articles from computer marketing professionals from major firms such as Google and Microsoft showcase current trends in Internet based advertising. Divided into five sections covering text and
In the preface this book notes how computer vision is still at an "immature" stage of development and how much research, until recently, has only been devoted to specific tasks. This volume is intende
This collection of seventeen articles on virtual environments examines the nexus of aesthetics and semantics in the creation of online interactive spaces. Topics discussed include virtual metaplastici
The author credits some contributors, but he has essentially shaped the whole presentation, which is based on almost two decades of work at the LICEF research center at Tele-universite, Canada's oldes
Several of the contributions in the volume review the state of the art in color techniques for image watermarking, digital audio watermarking algorithms, text watermarking, three-dimensional meshes, a
Powerful and complex information systems have evolved over the past half century that are finely tuned to particular cultural and geographical contexts. Now that globalized business is battering down
Web 2.0 refers to a perceived or proposed second generation of internet-based services--such as social networking sites, wikis, mashups, and folksonomies--which emphasize online collaboration and shar
Forty-six international academics, researchers and practitioners contribute 16 chapters representing the current state of the art on the design and operation as well as on technical, managerial, behav
Fifteen articles on the theory and application of adaptive database search and retrieval technologies showcase current research in the growing field of machine learning algorithms. Divided into sectio
