Managing gigabytes: compressing and indexing documents and images compressing and indexing documents and images / Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell.
Series: The Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systemsPublisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxi, 519 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 1558605703Subject(s): Image processing -- Digital techniques | Data compression (Telecommunication) | Text processing (Computer science) | Document imaging systemsReview: "In this fully updated second edition of the highly acclaimed Managing Gigabytes, authors Witten, Moffat, and Bell continue to provide unparalleled coverage of state-of-the-art techniques for compressing and indexing data. Whatever your field, if you work with large quantities of information, this book is essential reading - an authoritative theoretical resource and a practical guide to meeting the toughest storage and access challenges. It covers the latest developments in compression and indexing and their application on the Web and in digital libraries. It also details dozens of powerful techniques supported by mg, the authors' own system for compressing, storing, and retrieving text, images, and textual images. Mg's source code is freely available on the Web."--BK JACKET.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"In this fully updated second edition of the highly acclaimed Managing Gigabytes, authors Witten, Moffat, and Bell continue to provide unparalleled coverage of state-of-the-art techniques for compressing and indexing data. Whatever your field, if you work with large quantities of information, this book is essential reading - an authoritative theoretical resource and a practical guide to meeting the toughest storage and access challenges. It covers the latest developments in compression and indexing and their application on the Web and in digital libraries. It also details dozens of powerful techniques supported by mg, the authors' own system for compressing, storing, and retrieving text, images, and textual images. Mg's source code is freely available on the Web."--BK JACKET.
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