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ICIP
1994
IEEE
14 years 10 months ago
Fractal-Based Techniques for a Generalized Image Coding Method
This paper presents a new generalized image block coding algorithm which covers fractal techniques, block transform techniques, and vector quantization as its special cases. The c...
Mohammad Gharavi-Alkhansari, Thomas S. Huang
ICDE
2007
IEEE
163views Database» more  ICDE 2007»
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Adding Context to Preferences
To handle the overwhelming amount of information currently available, personalization systems allow users to specify the information that interests them through preferences. Most ...
Kostas Stefanidis, Evaggelia Pitoura, Panos Vassil...
ICDE
2007
IEEE
178views Database» more  ICDE 2007»
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Top-k Spatial Preference Queries
A spatial preference query ranks objects based on the qualities of features in their spatial neighborhood. For example, consider a real estate agency office that holds a database ...
Man Lung Yiu, Xiangyuan Dai, Nikos Mamoulis, Micha...
ICDE
2004
IEEE
100views Database» more  ICDE 2004»
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Simple, Robust and Highly Concurrent B-trees with Node Deletion
Why might B-tree concurrency control still be interesting? For two reasons: (i) currently exploited "real world" approaches are complicated; (ii) simpler proposals are n...
David B. Lomet
CVPR
1999
IEEE
14 years 10 months ago
Algebraic Curves That Work Better
An algebraic curve is defined as the zero set of a polynomial in two variables. Algebraic curves are practical for modeling shapes much more complicated than conics or su...
David B. Cooper, Jean-Philippe Tarel, Tolga Tasdiz...