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FRONT MATTER
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| Part I: Intelligent Content Analysis, Retrieval and Virtual World |
Metadata-Mediated Browsing and Retrieval in a Cultural Heritage Image Collection
D. V. Sreenath, W. I. Grosky and F. Andres | 1 |
Shape Analysis and Retrieval of Multimedia Objects
M. H. Safar | 21 |
Perceptual Consistency for Image Retrieval
Wee Kheng Leow | 53 |
Rendering with Inverse Concentric Mosaics
Lifeng Wang, Sing Bing Kang and Heung-Yeung Shum | 75 |
| Part II: QoS and Real-time Delivery of Multimedia Data |
Multimedia Broadcasting Techniques: Present Approaches and New Trends
Borko Furht, Raymond Westwater and Jeffrey Ice | 89 |
On IP Traffic Monitoring
Dong Wei and Nirwan Ansari | 113 |
Networked Multimedia Information Management for QoS-Sensitive Info-sphere
Wonjun Lee, Raja Harinath, Jaideep Srivastava, Difu Su, James Richardson and Mark Foresti | 125 |
Network Architectures and Protocols for Multimedia Transmissions with QoS support
Meejeong Lee, Jiyoung Lim and Kijoon Chae | 159 |
Mobile Agent-Based Adaptive Multimedia Communication
Koji Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Shibata and Norio Shiratori | 179 |
A Component-based Software Architecture for Pervasive Computing
Nalini Moti Belaramani, Yuk Chow, Vivien Wai-Man Kwan, Cho-Li Wang and Francis C. M. Lau | 191 |
| Part III: Intelligent Technologies for Distance Education |
Scenario Analysis Using Petri Nets
Fuhua Lin | 213 |
Synchronized Hypermedia Lecture Framework for Web-based Distance Education
Herng-Yow Chen | 225 |
Distance Education Over the Japan Gigabit Network
Aiguo He, Zixue Cheng, TongJun Huang, Akio Koyama and Jerold A. DeHart | 243 |
A Question-Answering System Using A Predictive Answer Indexer
Harksoo Kim, Kyungsun Kim, Jungyun Seo and Gary Geunbae Lee | 257 |
Distance Education and E-Learning in the Digital Age: Critical Considerations
Yam San Chee | 275 |
| Part IV: E-Commerce and Intelligent Agents |
Intelligent Web-based E-Commerce System
Benchaphon Limthanmaphon, Zhongwei Zhang and Yanchun Zhang | 295 |
Technologies for the Enhancement of Personalization in E-Commerce Applications
K. Priyantha Hewagamage, Champa Jayawardana and Masahito Hirakawa | 325 |
Contract Negotiation in E-marketplaces
Larbi Esmahi and Joram Ngwenya | 349 |
| Part V: Future Directions of Intelligent Virtual World |
Future Research Directions for the Intelligent Virtual World
Timothy K. Shih and Won Kim | 377 |
BACK MATTER
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