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Vassilakopoulos, Michael; Manolopoulos, Yannis – Information Systems, 1995
Presents an improved inverted region quadtree variation called Dynamic Inverted Quadtree that is able to support and index a pictorial database. Pattern-searching algorithms are described, and the space needs of Fully Inverted and Dynamic Inverted Quadtrees are analytically compared based on a model of image randomness expressed as a branching…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Branching, Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design
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Makaroff, Dwight J.; Ng, Raymond T. – Information Systems, 1995
Discussion of multimedia computing and multimedia information systems that contain audio and video data focuses on how to implement buffer sharing in continuous-media systems based on slots and portions. Disk utilization and transition periods are considered, and future work is described. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Films, Futures (of Society)
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Ozden, Banu; And Others – Information Systems, 1995
Discusses movie on demand (MOD) servers, which are computer systems that store movies in compressed digital form for broadcast cable television systems. Highlights include network bandwidths, a disk-based storage architecture for a MOD server, implementing VCR (video cassette recorder) functions to movie viewing, and buffers. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Films