Editors:
- Covers the most sought-after topics of multimedia available, including new standards
- Provides in-depth coverage of the important concepts, issues and technology trends in the field of multimedia technologies, systems, techniques and applications
- A comprehensive collection of entries from hundreds of leading researchers and world experts
- A must for university libraries worldwide, as well as for industry professionals
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Table of contents (265 entries)
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Front Matter
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About this book
The Encyclopedia of Multimedia provides in-depth coverage of the important concepts, issues and technology trends in the field of multimedia technologies, systems, techniques, and applications. It is a comprehensive collection of entries that present perspectives and future trends in the field from hundreds of leading researchers and world experts in the field. These entries describe a number of topics in multimedia systems and applications – from multimedia servers, to multimedia databases and multimedia networks and communications, to emerging multimedia applications.
The Encyclopedia of Multimedia also includes:
- The most sought-after topics of multimedia available, including new standards
- Key citations
- Cross referenced entries
The Editor-in-Chief, working with the Encyclopedia’s Editorial Board and a large number of contributors, surveyed and divided the field of multimedia into specific topics that collectively encompass the foundations, technologies, applications, and emerging elements of this exciting field.
The intended audience of the Encyclopedia of Multimedia is technically diverse and wide; it includes everyone concerned with multimedia systems and their applications. Specifically, this volume serves as a valuable reference for system designers, engineers, programmers, and managers who are involved in multimedia system design and their applications. Practitioners in industry and advanced-level students in computer science and engineering will benefit from this book.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The Encyclopedia of Multimedia is a comprehensive look at multimedia technologies and systems with coverage on concepts, issues, and trends. … The work is heavily illustrated enhancing the text with diagrams, workflows, charts, and photo reproductions. Each article is supplemented by a list of references. … This work is accessible for those concerned with multimedia systems and their applications such as researchers, scientists, system designers, engineers, and programmers. … Recommended for university libraries and professionals." (College & Research Libraries, September, 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Borko Furht
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Multimedia
Editors: Borko Furht
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30038-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 989
Number of Illustrations: 300 b/w illustrations
Topics: Multimedia Information Systems, Database Management, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics, Information Storage and Retrieval, Computer Communication Networks, Coding and Information Theory