Multimedia Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

1877 Pages·2008·30.38 MB·English

by  Syad Mahbubu Rahman

Multimedia Technologies:
Concepts, Methodologies,
Tools, and Applications
Syed Mahbubur Rahman
Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA
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Multimedia technologies : concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications / Syed Mahbubur Rahman, editor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: "This book offers an in-depth explanation of multimedia technologies within their many specific application areas as well as
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1. Multimedia systems. 2. Multimedia communications. I. Syed, Mahbubur Rahman, 1952-
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Arizona University, USA
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List of Contributors
Acevedo, Andrés Garay / Georgetown University, USA ..................................................................731
Agnew, Palmer W. / State University of New York at Binghamton, USA ..............................................1
Ahmad, Ashraf / National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan ..............................................................634
Ahn, Kyungmo / Kyunghee University, Korea ..................................................................................164
Alkhalifa, Eshaa M. / University of Bahrain, Bahrain ...........................................................465, 1209
Ally, Mohamed / Athabasca University, Canada ..............................................................................607
Almeida, Hyggo / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ...........................................472, 654
Altman, Edward / Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore .....................................................1113
Andres, Hayward P. / Portland State University, USA ...................................................................1233
Angelides, Marios C. / Brunel University, UK ............................................................................85, 233
Aref, Walid / Purdue University, USA ...............................................................................................509
Arya, Ali / University of British Columbia, Canada ..........................................................................958
Atiquzzaman, Mohammed / University of Oklahoma, USA ............................................................615
Baek, Seung / Hanyang University, Korea ......................................................................................1377
Balram, Shivanand / Simon Fraser University, Canada ................................................................1193
Banerji, Ashok / Monisha Electronic Education Trust, India .........................................................1078
Bardají, Antonio Valdovinos / University of Zaragoza, Spain .........................................................478
Bellini, Pierfrancesco / University of Florence, Italy ......................................................................1683
Bertolotto, Michela / University College Dublin, Ireland ..............................................................1125
Bione, Heather / The University of Melbourne, Australia.................................................................398
Boll, Susanne / University of Oldenburg, Germany ..........................................................................325
Bouras, Christos / University of Patras, Greece and Research Academic
Computer Technology Institute, Greece ....................................................................................500, 1781
Breiteneder, Christian / Vienna University of Technology, Austria ...............................................1600
Butcher-Powell, Loreen Marie / Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA ..........................1069
Canalda, Philippe / University of Franche-Comté, France ............................................................1766
Cannell, Jeremy C. / Gannon University, USA ...............................................................................1105
Carvalho, Paulo / Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal ..........................................................1409
Cavallaro, Andrea / Queen Mary University of London, UK ...............................................1441, 1592
Charlet, Damien / INRIA-Rocquencourt (ARLES Project), France ................................................1766
Chatonnay, Pascal / University of Franche-Comté, France ...........................................................1766
Chen, Herng-Yow / National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan, ROC .........................................1058, 1174
Chen, Kuanchin / Western Michigan University, USA .......................................................................77
Chen, Minya / Polytechnic University, USA .....................................................................................291
Chen, Sherry Y. / Brunel University, UK ........................................................................................1476
Chen, Shu-Ching / Florida International University, USA.....................................................509, 1553
Chetan, Kumar S. / NetDevices India Pvt Ltd, India ......................................................................1399
Chung, Jen-Yao / IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA ...............................................................559
Cirrincione, Armando / SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy .................................................35
Connaughton, Stacey L. / Purdue University, USA ........................................................................1295
Cranley, Nicola / University College Dublin, Ireland .....................................................................1491
Cruz, Isabel F. / University of Illinois, Chicago, USA ......................................................................848
Curran, Kevin / University of Ulster, Ireland ...................................................................................590
Dagdilelis, Vassilios / University of Macedonia, Greece ...................................................................898
Dagiuklas, Tasos / Technical Institute of Messolonghi, Greece ........................................................827
Davis, Craig / The Learning Community Group, USA ....................................................................1286
de Gouveia, Fabricio Carvalho / Technical University of Berlin, Germany ..................................1789
Deb, Sagarmay / University of Southern Queensland, Australia ......................................................268
Deltour, Romain / INRIA Rhône-Alpes, France ................................................................................705
Derballa, Volker / Universität Augsburg, Germany ........................................................................1334
Deusdado, Sérgio / Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal ...................................................1409
DiMarco, John / Long Island University, USA....................................................................................41
Dittmann, Jana / Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany ..........................................547
Dong, Chaoyan / New York University, USA ...................................................................................1248
Dong, Ming / Wayne State University, USA .....................................................................................1366
Dooley, Laurence S. / Monash University, Australia ..........................................................................94
Dragicevic, Suzana / Simon Fraser University, Canada .................................................................1193
El-Gayar, Omar / Dakota State University, USA................................................................................77
Fah, Cheong Loong / The National University of Singapore, Singapore .........................................527
Fahy, Patrick J. / Athabasca University, Canada ...........................................................................1088
Fotouhi, Farshad / Wayne State University, USA ...........................................................................1366
Gay, Robert / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ..........................................................809
Geisler, S. / University of Clausthal, Germany ..................................................................................223
Germanakos, Panagiotis / National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece ......................1616
Ghafoor, Arif / Purdue University, USA ...........................................................................................509
Ghinea, Gheorghita / Brunel University, UK .................................................................................1476
Gjedde, Lisa / Danish University of Education, Denmark ................................................................390
Gkamas, Apostolos / University of Patras, Greece and Research Academic
Computer Technology Institute, Greece ....................................................................................500, 1781
Goose, Stuart / Siemens Corporate Research Inc., USA ...................................................................250
Grahn, Kaj J. / Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland .....................................................660
Grover, Akshay / Brigham Young University, USA ........................................................................1344
Gu, Yaolin / Southern Yangtze University, China ..............................................................................809
Guerraz, Agnès / INRIA Rhône-Alpes, France .................................................................................705
Gulliver, Stephen R. / Brunel University, UK ................................................................................1262
Gunn, Jane / The University of Melbourne, Australia ......................................................................398
Häkkilä, Jonna / Nokia Multimedia, Finland....................................................................................151
Hamidzadeh, Babak / University of British Columbia, Canada ......................................................958
Hegarty, Kelsey / The University of Melbourne, Australia ...............................................................398
Hentea, Mariana / Southwestern Oklahoma State University, USA .................................................216
Herbster, Raul Fernandes / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ..................................472
Hill, Sally Rao / University of Adelaide, Australia ............................................................................194
Huang, Thomas S. / University of Illinois, USA .............................................................................1508
Hung, Jason C. / Northern Taiwan Institute of Science and Technology, Taiwan...........................1643
Hurson, Ali R. / The Pennsylvania State University, USA ................................................................580
Hüsemann, Bodo / Informationsfabrik GmbH, Münster, Germany ..................................................864
Ibrahim, Ismail Khalil / Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.................................................634
Iglesias, Álvaro Alesanco / University of Zaragoza, Spain ...............................................................478
Illera, José L. Rodríguez / University of Barcelona, Spain ..............................................................985
Istepanian, Robert S. H. / Kingston University, UK ........................................................................478
Jones, Kevin H. / University of Oregon, USA ...................................................................................721
Joshi, James B. D. / University of Pittsburgh, USA ..........................................................................509
Kalliaras, Panagiotis / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ................................818, 998
Kan, Karen / The University of Melbourne, Australia ......................................................................398
Kao, O. / University of Paderborn, University of Paderborn ............................................................223
Karlsson, Jonny / Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland .................................................660
Karmakar, Gour C. / Monash University, Australia ..........................................................................94
Kassim, Ashraf / The National University of Singapore, Singapore .................................................527
Kawachi, Paul / Kurume Shin-Ai Women’s College, Japan ............................................................1156
Kellerman, Anne S. / State University of New York at Binghamton, USA ............................................1
Keppell, Mike / Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong ......................................................398
Kerse, Ngaire / University of Auckland, New Zealand ......................................................................398
Kim, Bong Jun / Korea Telecommunications (KT) Marketing Laboratory, Korea .........................1377
King, Ross / Research Studio Digital Memory Engineering, Austria ..............................................1749
Kiyoki, Yasushi / Keio University, Japan ..........................................................................................279
Klas, Wolfgang / University of Vienna, Austria and ARC Research Studio
Digital Memory Engineering, Vienna, Austria .........................................................................364, 1749
Knight, David / Brunel University, UK ...............................................................................................85
Kotsopoulos, Stavros / University of Patras, Greece ........................................................................827
Koubaa, Hend / Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway .....................116
Koumaras, H. / University of Athens, Greece .................................................................................1392
Kourtis, A. / N.C.S.R., Demokritos, Greece .....................................................................................1392
Krishnamurthy, E.V. / Australian National University, Australia ...................................................976
Larkin, Jeff / Brigham Young University, USA ...............................................................................1344
Lassabe, Frédéric / University of Franche-Comté, France ............................................................1766
Ledermann, Florian / Vienna University of Technology, Austria ...................................................1600
Lesh, Neal / Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA ........................................................1508
Li, Chang-Tsun / University of Warwick, UK .................................................................316, 793, 1534
Li, Qing / City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong .............................................................242, 1643
Li, Sheng-Tun / National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC .....................................................419
Lin, Chu-Hung / National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan ..............................................................419
Lin, Chun Fu / Mississippi State University, USA ..........................................................................1668
Lin, Hao-Tung / National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan, ROC ........................................................1174
Liotta, Antonio / University of Essex, UK .........................................................................................491
Liu, Jiang-Lung / National Defense University, Taiwan ................................................................1534
Liu, Kuo-Yu / National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan, ROC ............................................................1058
Lopes, Pedro Faria / Higher Institute of Labour and Business Studies
(ISCTE), Portugal ...............................................................................................................................914
Lou, Der-Chyuan / National Defense University, Taiwan ..............................................................1534
Lowry, Paul Benjamin / Brigham Young University, USA .............................................................1344
Madsen, Chris / Brigham Young University, USA ..........................................................................1344
Magalhães, João / Imperial College London, UK .............................................................................880
Magedanz, Thomas / Technical University of Berlin, Germany .....................................................1789
Magni, Massimo / Bocconi University, Italy ...................................................................................1353
Mäntyjärvi, Jani / VTT Technical Centre of Finland, Finland .........................................................151
Martakos, D. / University of Athens, Greece ...................................................................................1392
Mas, José Ruiz / University of Zaragoza, Spain ................................................................................478
Mathew, Michael / Monash University, Australia ..............................................................................94
May, Michael / LearningLab DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark ............................435
McArdle, Gavin / University College Dublin, Ireland ....................................................................1125
Melliar-Smith, P.M. / University of California, Santa Barbara, USA ............................................1326
Memon, Nasir / Polytechnic University, USA ...................................................................................291
Messer, Louise Brearley / The University of Melbourne, Australia .................................................398
Mikáč, Jan / INRIA Rhône-Alpes, France .........................................................................................705
Mishra, Sanjaya / Indira Gandhi National Open University, India ...............................................1022
Mitchell, Mathew / University of San Francisco, USA ...................................................................1181
Mittal, Ankush / IIT Roorkee, India and Indian Institute of Technology, India .....................527, 1113
Mittal, Nitin / Nokia Pte Ltd, Singapore ............................................................................................129
Moghaddam, Baback / Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA .....................................1508
Monahan, Teresa / University College Dublin, Ireland ..................................................................1125
Morais, Marcos / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ...................................................472
Moros, José García / University of Zaragoza, Spain ........................................................................478
Moser, L.E. / University of California, Santa Barbara, USA ..........................................................1326
Mostéfaoui, Ghita Kouadri / University of Fribourg, Switzerland ................................................1008
Mourlas, Constantinos / National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece .........................1616
Murphy, Liam / University College Dublin, Ireland ......................................................................1491
Murthy, V. K. / University of New South Wales, Australia ...............................................................976
Nascimento, José Luís do / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ...................................654
Navajas, Julián Fernández / University of Zaragoza, Spain............................................................478
Navarro, Eduardo Antonio Viruete / University of Zaragoza, Spain .............................................478
Nepal, Surya / CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia ..........................................................................305, 1456
Nesi, Paolo / University of Florence, Italy ...............................................................................................
Ng, Kia / University of Leeds, UK ............................................................................................................
Nösekabel, Holger / University of Passau, Germany ......................................................................1317
O’Connor, Vivienne / The University of Queensland, Australia ......................................................398
Okazaki, Shintaro / Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain ......................................................1311
Oliva, Michael / Royal College of Music, UK ...................................................................................942
Oredope, Adetola / University of Essex, UK .....................................................................................491
Pagalthivarthi, Krishnan V. / IIT Delhi, India and Indian Institute of
Technology, India ......................................................................................................................527, 1113
Pagani, Margherita / I-LAB Centre for Research on the Digital Economy,
Bocconi University, Italy ....................................................................................................................182
Pallis, E. / Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece ....................................................1392
Panjala, Shashidhar / Gannon University, USA .............................................................................1105
Papageorgiou, P. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ...............................................998
Parmar, Minaz J. / Brunel University, UK .......................................................................................233
Passerini, Katia / New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA ...............................................................57
Perkusich, Angelo / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil .......................................472, 654
Politis, Ilias / University of Patras, Greece ........................................................................................827
Pousttchi, Key / Universität Augsburg, Germany ...........................................................................1334
Prata, Alcina / Higher School of Management Sciences (ESCE), Portugal .....................................914
Primpas, Dimitris / University of Patras, Greece and Research Academic
ComputerTechnology Institute, Greece .....................................................................................500, 1781
Proserpio, Luigi / Bocconi University, Italy ....................................................................................1353
Pulkkis, Göran / Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland ...................................................660
Quek, Francis / Virginia Tech, USA ...................................................................................................559
Ramos, Carolina Hernández / University of Zaragoza, Spain ........................................................478
Ratnaike, Viranga / Monash University, Australia ...........................................................................305
Rege, Manjeet / Wayne State University, USA ................................................................................1366
Robbins, Christopher / Rhode Island School of Design, USA and
The University of the South Pacific, Fiji ...........................................................................................1031
Robins, William / Brigham Young University, USA ........................................................................1344
Röckelein, Wolfgang / EMPRISE Consulting Düseldorf, Germany ...............................................1317
Roisin, Cécile / INRIA Rhône-Alpes, France .....................................................................................705
Rowe, Neil C. / U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, USA .......................................................................10
Rüger, Stefan / Imperial College London, UK ..................................................................................880
Santos, Danilo Freire de Souza / Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil ..........................654
Sasaki, Hideyasu / Keio University, Japan .......................................................................................279
Sattar, Farook / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ......................................................770
Sayenko, Olga / University of Illinois, Chicago, USA .......................................................................848
Scales, Glenda Rose / Virginia Tech, USA .......................................................................................1078
Schellner, Karin / ARC Research Studio Digital Memory Engineering,
Vienna, Austria ....................................................................................................................................364
Scherp, Ansgar / OFFIS Research Institute, Germany .....................................................................325
Schipani, Danilo / Valdani Vicari & Associati, Italy .........................................................................182
Schmucker, Martin / Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics
Research IGD, Germany ...................................................................................................................1707
Sharda, Nalin / Victoria University, Australia ................................................................................1422
Sharma, Ramesh C. / Indira Gandhi National Open University, India .........................................1022
Shea, Timothy / University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA ......................................................1286
Shen, Chia / Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA .......................................................1508
Sher, Muhammad / Technical University of Berlin, Germany .......................................................1789
Shih, Timothy K. / Tamkang University, Taiwan ............................................................................1643
Shim, J. P. / Mississippi State University, USA .................................................................................164
Shim, Julie M. / Soldier Design LLC, USA .......................................................................................164
Shyu, Mei-Ling / University of Miami, USA ...........................................................................509, 1553
Sircar, Ranapratap / Wipro Technologies, India ............................................................................1399
Sivagurunathan, Surendra Kumar / University of Oklahoma, USA ...............................................615
Sotiriou, Athanasios-Dimitrios / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ................818, 998
Spies, François / University of Franche-Comté, France .................................................................1766