Multimedia Technologies and Applications for the 21st Century: Visions of World Experts (Hardcover, 1998)

Preface. Part I: Multimedia Processors. 1. Processor Architectures for Multimedia; B. Furht. Part II: Multimedia Servers. 2. DVDs: Much Needed `Shot in the Arm' for Video Servers; V. Shastri, et al. 3. Mitra: A Scalable Continuous Media Server; S. Ghandeharizadeh, et al. 4. Multimedia Caching Strategies for Heterogeneous Application and Server Environments; A. Dan, D. Sitaram. Part III: Multimedia Databases. 5. Benchmarking Multimedia Databases; A. Desai Narasimhalu, et al. 6. Four Promising Multimedia Databases and their Embodiments; Y. Yaginuma, et al. 7. An Annotation Engine for Supporting Video Database Population; M. Carrer, et al. 8. Similarity as a Geometer; S. Santini, R. Jain. Part IV: Multimedia Networks. 9. Concepts for Resource Reservation in Advance; L.C. Wolf, R. Steinmetz. 10. Improving End System Performance for Multimedia Applications over High Bandwidth Networks; S. Zeadally, et al. Part V: Multimedia Applications. 11. Multimedia Applications Development: Experiences; N.D. Georganas. 12. Multimedia Meets the Internet: Present and Future; M. Wynblatt, et al. 13. Virtual Sample Processing: Extending the Reach of Multimedia; V.G. Bose, et al. Index.