New book on indexing for multimedia and web applications

Advanced Signature Indexing for Multimedia and Web Applications 
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2003

http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7425-5

Authors: Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Eleni Tousidou

The Kluwer International Series on Advances in Databases Systems, Vol.27,
194 pages, ISBN 1-4020-7425-5 (hardcover)

"Advanced Signature Indexing for Multimedia and Web Applications" presents the 
latest
research developments in signature-based indexing and query processing, 
specifically
in multimedia and Web domains. These domains now demand a different designation 
of
hashing information in bit-strings (i.e., signatures), and new indexes and query
processing methods. The book provides solutions to these issues and addresses 
the
resulting requirements, which are not adequately handled by existing approaches.
Examples of these applications include: searching for similar images, 
representing
multi-theme layers in maps, recommending products to Web-clients, and indexing 
large
Web-log files. Special emphasis is given to structure description, 
implementation
techniques and clear evaluation of operations performed (from a performance 
perspective).
"Advanced Signature Indexing for Multimedia and Web Applications" is an 
excellent
reference for professionals involved in the development of applications in 
multimedia
databases or the Web and may also serve as a textbook for advanced level 
courses in
database and information retrieval systems.


TABLE OF CONTENTS 
----------------------------------

Part I: Advanced Structures for Signatures.
1: Introduction.
2: Signature Indexing with Tree Structures. 
3: Hybrid Structures.
4. Compression Techniques. 

Part II: Signature Indexing for Multimedia Applications.
5: Representing Thematic Layers.
6: Image Indexing and Retrieval with Signature Schemes.

Part III: Signature Indexing for Web Applications.
7: Retrieving Similar Web-User Behaviors.
8: Storage and Querying of Large Web-Logs.

Addendum: Signatures In Mobile Computing And Data Warehousing.
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