Advanced Multimedia: Algorithms, Systems and Applications

Including state-of-the-art research advancement and practical case studies in biometrics, Advanced Multimedia: Algorithms, Systems and Applications explores the fundamentals of multimedia, advanced topics in multimedia, and applications of multimedia systems. Authors Jane You and David Zhang define powerful methods for effective and efficient multimedia computing that integrate different data streams within a single platform to provide more comprehensive and intuitive information for a variety of applications. The text also combines techniques for data mining and data warehousing to speed up query processing.