The two major problems raised by a region-based image retrieval system are the automatic definition and description of regions. In this paper we first present a technique of unsup...
It is generally recognized that 3-D models are compact representations for rendering. While pure image-based rendering techniques are capable of producing highly photorealistic ou...
A method for efficiently selecting the operating modes within a block-based multi-mode video compression system is described. For a given image region, the optimum combination of ...
Thomas Wiegand, Michael Lightstone, T. George Camp...
Modern relational database systems are beginning to support ad hoc queries on mining models. In this paper, we explore novel techniques for optimizing queries that apply mining mo...
Surajit Chaudhuri, Vivek R. Narasayya, Sunita Sara...
The ability to provide accurate and efficient result estimations of user queries is very important for the query optimizer in database systems. In this paper, we show that the tra...