Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Prefacei -- Part I: An Introduction to Multimedia Database -- Chapter 1: DistributedMultimediaDatabases-- Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan -- Part II: Content-Based Retrieval and Image Database Techniques -- Chapter 2: Bridging the Semantic Gap in Image Retrieval14 -- Rong Zhao and William I. Grosky, Wayne State University, USA -- Chapter3: Content-Based VisualInformation Retrieval37 -- Oge Marques and Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA -- Chapter 4: Content-Based Trademark Recognition andRetrieval Based -- on Discrete Synergetic Neural Network 58 -- Tong Zhao, Carnegie Mellon University, USA -- H. Lilian Tang, University of Surrey, United Kingdom -- Horace H. S. Ip, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong -- Feihu Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PRC -- Chapter 5: Concepts ofEmergence Indexin Image Databases73 -- Sagarmay Deb and Yanchun Zhang, -- University of Southern Queensland, Australia -- Part III: Video Database and Video-on-Demand -- Chapter 6: Distributed TemporalVideo DBMS Using -- Vertical Class Partitioning Technique90 -- Chi-wai Fung, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong -- Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong -- Hong Va Leong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong -- Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong -- Antonio Si, Oracle Corporation, USA -- Chapter 7: Video-on-Demand: Scalability and QoS Control111 -- Fulu Li, Paragon Networks Corp., Ottawa, Canada -- Chapter8: VideoAbstraction Techniques for a Digital Library120 -- Hang-Bong Kang, Catholic University of Korea, Korea -- Chapter9: VideoDatabaseTechniques andVideo-on-Demand133 -- Jen-Wen Ding, Kun Shan University of Technology, Taiwan -- Yueh-Min Huang and Sheng-Yuan Zeng, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan -- Cheng-Chung Chu, Tunghai University, Taiwan -- Chapter 10: BroadcastingApproaches forVOD Services147 -- Ming-Hour Yang, National Central University, Taiwan -- Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan -- Part IV: Watermark Techniques -- Chapter 11: Watermarking on Compressed/Uncompressed Video -- Using Communications with Side Information Mechanism173 -- Chun-Shien Lu and Hong-Yuan Mark Liao, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Jan-Ru Chen and Kuo-Chin Fan, National Central University, Taiwan -- Chapter 12: Hiding Images Using Dynamic Bit-Replacement -- andHumanVisualSystem190 -- Chin-Chen Chang and Kuo-Feng Hwang, -- National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan -- Chapter 13: Embedding Robust Gray-Level Watermarkin an -- Image Using Discrete Cosine Transformation206 -- Chwei-Shyong Tsai and Chin-Chen Chang, -- National Chung Chang University, Taiwan -- Tung-Shou Chen and Ming-Huang Chen, National Taichung -- Institute of Technology, Taiwan -- Part V: Media Synchronization, Multicast and Quality of Services -- Techniques -- Chapter 14: Multicast: Concept, Problems, Routing Protocols, -- Algorithms and QoS Extensions225 -- D. Chakraborty, G. Chakraborty, andN. Shiratori, -- Tohoku University, Japan -- Chapter 15: Multimedia and Multi-Stream Synchronization246 -- Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada -- Chapter 16: A Simple Prediction Method for Progressive -- Image Transmission262 -- Chin-Chen Chang and Guang-Xue Xiao, -- National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan -- Tung-Shou Chen, National Taichung Institute of Technology, Taiwan -- Part VI: Case Studies of Multimedia Databases -- Chapter 17: AMultimedia Database Supports Internet-Based -- English Learning 274 -- Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan -- Chapter 18: Case Study: Cairo-ADistributed Image Retrieval -- System for Cluster Architectures293 -- Odej Kao and Stephan Stapel, Technical University ofClausthal, Germany -- Chapter 19: VRML-Based System for a Three-Dimensional -- VirtualMuseum306 -- J. F. Diez Higuera and F. J. Diaz Peras, University of Valladolid, Spain -- Chapter 20: Organizing Multimedia Objects Using a Class -- Algebra Database318 -- Daniel J. Buehrer, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan -- Chapter 21: Use of the Frame Synchronization Technique to Improve the Visualization -- Realism on the Web327 -- Jiung-Yao Huang, Tamkang University, Taiwan -- Part VII: Future Directions of Multimedia Databases -- Chapter 22: Future Multimedia Databases and Research Directions 352 -- Chin-Chen Chang, National Chung Chang University, Taiwan -- Yi-Ping Hung, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Timothy K. Shih and Ren-Junn Hwang, Tamkang University, Taiwan -- About the Authors362 -- Index372.