Advanced Database Systems for Integration of Media and User Environments '98
The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:
Preface
Organization of the Project
1. Advanced Databases
Research on Distributed and Evolutional Multimedia Databases
Spatial Hypermedia as Augmented Reality Based on Spatial Information Bases
Geometry Helps Clustering Objects in Text and Image Databases-Utilizing Geometry of the Vector Space Model for Texts and the Feature Space Model for Images
Customization Support Environments of Active Hypermedia Systems for Cooperative Work
2. Data Mining
Logical Analysis of Data by Decomposable Boolean Functions
An Efficient Algorithm for Text Data Mining with Optimal String Patterns
Project Mondou — Web search engine with text data mining
3. Distributed Databases
PLANET: A Platform for Worldwide Distributed Collaborative Applications with Object Persistency and Mobility
Distributed Object Management in Information Network Environment
Highly Reliable Multimedia Data Transmission with Redundancy
Integration of Heterogeneous Information Sources with WebNR/SD
Personalized Information Space Construction from Distributed Digital Libraries
Supporting WWW Database Application by an Active Database
The ParaDocs Document Database System and Visual User Interface for Information Retrieval
4. Mobile Databases
Studies on Database Systems in Mobile Computing Environments
A Replica Management Protocol for Mobile Computing Environment
Reducing Data Contention for Transaction Processing Within a Mobile Database System
A Study on Transaction Management Methods for Distributed Database Systems in Mobile Computing Environment
5. Query Processing
Query and Access Control Mechanisms for New Database Applications
A Study of Global Query Processing Based on Incomplete Database Concepts
Parallel Query for Object Databases in Network-Based Computing Environments
Benchimarking an Object-Oriented Database System with TPC-C
6. Agent-Based Databases
Towards Shoppers' Assistants : Agents to Combine Information
QUIK Mediator System Based on DOOD and Multiagent Paradigms
Design and Implementation of Active Mediation System — A Study on Agent Based Databases
7. Parallel Processing
Parallel Query Processing using Transposed Files
Developing a Massively Parallel Programming Language for Advanced Database Applications
Techniques for Implementing Sophisticated Parallel Information Servers
Dynamic Data Migration among Parallel Disks utilizing Broadcast Bus
Parallel Index Retrieval of Complex Objects
8. Languages and Models
Type Theoretic Approach to Data-Oriented Programming Languages
Database Queries as Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Partial MAXSAT
Media Extension of Multi-Paradigm Programming Language: DeLis
Hierarchical Graph Model: Collecting Objects and Generating Multiple Views Incrementally for Semi-structured Data
Path Existence Constraints in Object-Oriented Databases and its Applications
Logic Oriented Flexible Information Base
9. Multimedia Data Bases
A Physical Data Management Method for Compressed Video Objects
Towards a Comprehensive Integration of Subjective Parameters in Database Browsing
Knowledge Representation and Concept Acquisition of Multimedia Data
The Design and Implementation of a Media Integration System for Multimedia Databases
Classification of Topology Models for Geometric Modeling
Scenario Language for Automatic News Recomposition on The News-on-Demand
Self-Organization of Database and Content Retrieval — Indexing, Classification and Retrieval of News Video Data by Image and Speech Processing
10. Spatio-Temporal Databases
Design and Implementation of The Block-World Data Model for a Database-Based Collaborative Virtual Environment
Factory Work Simulation based on Info-Ergonomics and Real World Database Concept
A Virtual Reality Database model for unified multimedia Database Systems
Spatio-Temporal Data Management for Highly Interactive Environment
11. Applications to Cooperative Work
Lifecycle Support for Group
Resource Constraints on Workflow Databases
Version Flows in Collaborative Design Process Management
Concepts of Transactions with Application-Specified Semantics
Multiple Classification Hierarchies in Cooperative Databases
Reusing Version Histories on Image Objects under CORBA Environment
12. Multimedia Applications
Knowledge Acquisition from Picture Examples Using Multimedia Information Processing Techniques
Sharlok: Combining a Collaborative Learning Environment and an Active Database
An Individual Information Management Method on a Distributed Geographic Information System
A Map Overlay Method for Geographic Objects in Geographic Database Systems
Medical Decision Support System For Birth-defect based on Multimedia database
Author Index