Managing and Mining Multimedia Databases

by Bhavani Thuraisingham

Overview

There is now so much data on the Web that managing it with conventional tools is becoming almost impossible. To manage this data, provide interoperability and warehousing between multiple data sources and systems, and extract information from the databases and warehouses, various tools are being developed. In fact, developments in multimedia databa

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040062661
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/28/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction. MANAGING MULTIMEDIA DATABASES. An Overview. Architectures. Data Models. Functions. Emerging Technologies. Products and Prototypes. MINING MULTIMEDIA DATABASES. An Overview. Text Mining. Image Mining. Video Mining. Emerging Technologies for Multimedia Mining. Products and Prototypes. Summary and Directions. References. Appendices. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The focus of this book is on managing and mining multimedia databases for the electronic enterprise. Database management system techniques for text, image, audio, and video databases are described, and issues and challenges regarding mining multimedia databases and integrating them with the Web are discussed. Written for technical managers, executives, and technologists, the book covers underlying concepts, architectures, and data models, privacy issues, and emerging standards and products. Six appendices provide background on areas such as object technology, security, and e-commerce. The author is chief scientist in data management at a private sector company. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR