Intended for those in programming and using information retrieval technologies and applications, this work includes samples of code and illustrations, helping researchers and developers in information retrieval and artificial intelligence in all areas and fields. This is useful for those working with making digital information accessible via multimedia databases.
– Sara Marcus, American Reference Books Annual, Volume 43
The book has two focuses on multimedia data retrieval and multimedia databases, aiming at providing a single account of technologies and practices in multimedia data management. The objective of the book is to provide the state of the art information to academics, researchers, and industry practitioners who are involved or interested in the study, use, design, and development of advanced and emerging multimedia data retrieval and management with ultimate aim to empower individuals and organizations in building competencies for exploiting the opportunities of the knowledge society. This book presents the latest research and application results in multimedia data retrieval and management. The different chapters in the book have been contributed by different authors and provide possible solutions for the different types of technological problems concerning multimedia data retrieval and management.
– Li Yan, Northeastern University, China; and Zongmin Ma, Northeastern University, China