Timothy K. ShihRong Zhao and William I. GroskyOge Marques and Borko FurhtTong Zhao and H. Lilian Tang and Horace H. S. Ip and Feihu QiSagarmay Deb and Yanchun ZhangChi-wai Fung and Rynson Lau and Hong Va Leong and Qing Li and Antonio SiFulu LiHang-Bong KangJen-Wen Ding and Yueh-Min Huang and Sheng-Yuan Zeng and Cheng-Chung ChuMing-Hour Yang and Yu-Chee TsengChun-Shien Lu and Hong-Yuan Mark Liao and Jan-Ru Chen and Kuo-Chin FanChin-Chen Chang and Kuo-Feng HwangChwei-Shyong Tsai and Chin-Chen Chang and Tung-Shou Chen and Ming-Huang ChenD. Chakraborty and G. Chakraborty and N. ShiratoriFuhua Oscar LinChin-Chen Chang and Guang-Xue Xiao and Tung-Shou ChenYing-Hong WangOdej Kao and Stephan StapelJ. F. Diez Higuera and F. J. Diaz PernasDaniel J. BuehrerJiung-Yao HuangChin-Chen Chang and Yi-Ping Hung and Timothy K. Shih and Ren-Junn Hwang

Preface	p. i
Part I An Introduction to Multimedia Database
Chapter 1 Distributed Multimedia Databases	p. 2
Part II Content-Based Retrieval and Image Database Techniques
Chapter 2 Bridging the Semantic Gap in Image Retrieval	p. 14
Chapter 3 Content-Based Visual Information Retrieval	p. 37
Chapter 4 Content-Based Trademark Recognition and Retrieval Based on Discrete Synergetic Neural Network	p. 58
Chapter 5 Concepts of Emergence Index in Image Databases	p. 73
Part III Video Database and Video-on-Demand
Chapter 6 Distributed Temporal Video DBMS Using Vertical Class Partitioning Technique	p. 90
Chapter 7 Video-on-Demand: Scalability and QoS Control	p. 111
Chapter 8 Video Abstraction Techniques for a Digital Library	p. 120
Chapter 9 Video Database Techniques and Video-on-Demand	p. 133
Chapter 10 Broadcasting Approaches for VOD Services	p. 147
Part IV Watermark Techniques
Chapter 11 Watermarking on Compressed/Uncompressed Video Using Communications with Side Information Mechanism	p. 173
Chapter 12 Hiding Images Using Dynamic Bit-Replacement and Human Visual System	p. 190
Chapter 13 Embedding Robust Gray-Level Watermark in an Image Using Discrete Cosine Transformation	p. 206
Part V Media Synchronization, Multicast and Quality of Services Techniques
Chapter 14 Multicast: Concept, Problems, Routing Protocols, Algorithms and QoS Extensions	p. 225
Chapter 15 Multimedia and Multi-Stream Synchronization	p. 246
Chapter 16 A Simple Prediction Method for Progressive Image Transmission	p. 262
Part VI Case Studies of Multimedia Databases
Chapter 17 A Multimedia Database Supports Internet-Based English Learning	p. 274
Chapter 18 Case Study: Cairo--A Distributed Image Retrieval System for Cluster Architectures	p. 293
Chapter 19 VRML-Based System for a Three-Dimensional Virtual Museum	p. 306
Chapter 20 Organizing Multimedia Objects Using a Class Algebra Database	p. 318
Chapter 21 Use of the Frame Synchronization Technique to Improve the Visualization Realism on the Web	p. 327
Part VII Future Directions of Multimedia Databases
Chapter 22 Future Multimedia Databases and Research Directions	p. 352
About the Authors	p. 362
Index	p. 372