Multimedia Systems, Volume 6, 1998

Volume 6, Number 1, January 1998

Special Section on Multimedia Information Systems

Elisa Bertino, Barbara Catania: A Constraint-Based Approach to Shape Management in Multimedia Databases. 2-16 BibTeX
Sue B. Moon, James F. Kurose, Donald F. Towsley: Packet Audio Playout Delay Adjustment: Performance Bounds and Algorithms. 17-28 BibTeX
Siu-Wah Lau, John C. S. Lui, Leana Golubchik: Merging Video Streams in Multimedia Storage Server: Complexity and Heuristics. 29-42 BibTeX

Regular Papers

Joseph Pasquale, George C. Polyzos, George Xylomenos: The Multimedia Multicasting Problem. 43-59 BibTeX
Scott A. Barnett, Gary J. Anido: Performability of Disk-Array-Based Video Servers. 60-74 BibTeX

Danny L. S. Chan, Samuel T. Chanson: Scalability Support for Multiparty Multimedia Communications. 75-87 BibTeX
Ivan Herman, Nuno Correia, David A. Duce, David J. Duke, Graham J. Reynolds, James van Loo: A Standard Model for Multimedia Synchronization: PREMO Synchronization Objects. 88-101 BibTeX
Aurelio La Corte, Alfio Lombardo, Sergio Palazzo, Giovanni Schembra: Control of Perceived Quality of Service in Multimedia Retrieval Services: Prediction-Based Mechanism vs. Compensation Buffers. 102-112 BibTeX
Bo Shen, Ishwar K. Sethi: Block-Based Manipulations on Transform-Compressed Images and Videos. 113-124 BibTeX
Huanxu Pan, Lek Heng Ngoh, Aurel A. Lazar: A Buffer-Inventory-Based Dynamic Scheduling Algorithm for Multimedia-On-Demand Servers. 125-136 BibTeX

Special Section on Quality of Service Architectures for Multimedia Systems

Cristina Aurrecoechea, Andrew T. Campbell, Linda Hauw: A Survey of QoS Architectures. 138-151 BibTeX
Carsten Vogt, Lars C. Wolf, Ralf Guido Herrtwich, Hartmut Wittig: HeiRAT - Quality-of-Service Management for Distributed Multimedia Systems. 152-166 BibTeX
Andrew T. Campbell, Geoff Coulson, David Hutchison: Transporting QoS Adaptive Flows. 167-178 BibTeX
Domenico Ferrari: The Tenet Experience and the Design of Protocols for Integrated-Services Internetworks. 179-185 BibTeX

Regular Papers

Haitao Jiang, Abdelsalam Helal, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Anupam Joshi: Scene Change Detection Techniques for Video Database Systems. 186-195 BibTeX
Wanjiun Liao, Victor O. K. Li: Synchronization of Distributed Multimedia Systems with User Interactions. 196-205 BibTeX
Sreenivas Gollapudi, Aidong Zhang: Buffer Model and Management in Distributed Multimedia Presentation Systems. 206-218 BibTeX

Carl J. Beckmann, Ahmed A. Moin, Saurab Nog: Bandwidth Reservation with Selectable Bit-Rate Streams. 219-231 BibTeX
K. Selçuk Candan, B. Prabhakaran, V. S. Subrahmanian: Retrieval Schedules Based on Resource Availability and Flexible Presentation Specifications. 232-250 BibTeX
K. Selçuk Candan, Eenjun Hwang, V. S. Subrahmanian: An Event-Based Model for Continous Media Data on Heterogeneous Disk Servers. 251-270 BibTeX
Jörg Liebeherr, Dallas E. Wrege: Traffic Characterization Algorithms for VBR Video in Multimedia Networks. 271-283 BibTeX
Michalis Vazirgiannis, Yannis Theodoridis, Timos K. Sellis: Spatio-Temporal Composition and Indexing for Large Multimedia Applications. 284-298 BibTeX

Abdelhakim Hafid, Gregor von Bochmann:
Quality-of-Service Adaptation in Distributed Multimedia Applications. 299-315
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Chung-Ming Huang, Jyh-Shiou Chen, Chih-Hao Lin, Chian Wang:
MING-I: A Distributed Interactive Multimedia Document Development Mechanism. 316-333
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Brian Neil Levine, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves:
A Comparison of Reliable Multicast Protocols. 334-348
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Krishna Bharat, Tomonari Kamba, Michael Albers:
Personalized, Interactive News on the Web. 349-358
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Kaoru Nakazono:
Frame Rate as a QoS Parameter and Its Influence on Speech Perception. 359-366
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Igor D. D. Curcio, Antonio Puliafito, Salvatore Riccobene, Lorenzo Vita:
Design and Evaluation of a Multimedia Storage Server for Mixed Traffic. 367-381
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Hadas Shachnai, Philip S. Yu:
Exploring Wait Tolerance in Effective Batching for Video-on-Demand Scheduling. 382-394
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Senthil Kumar, G. Phanendra Babu:
Intelligent Multimedia Data: Data + Indices + Inference. 395-407
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Nicola Aloia, Maristella Matera, Fabio Paternò:
Presentations for Databases in Multimedia Environments. 408-420
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Kun-Lung Wu, Philip S. Yu:
Increasing Multimedia System Throughput with Consumption-based Buffer Management. 421-428
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