Research Catalog

Title

Managing gigabytes : compressing and indexing documents and images / Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell.

Author

Witten, I. H. (Ian H.)

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Moffat, Alistair.
• Bell, Timothy C.

Description

xxxi, 519 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• 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.

Series Statement

The Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systems

Uniform Title

Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systems.

Subjects

• Text processing (Computer science)
• Data compression (Telecommunication)
• Document imaging systems
• Image processing > Digital techniques

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Overview -- 2. Text Compression -- 3. Indexing -- 4. Querying -- 5. Index Construction -- 6. Image Compression -- 7. Textual Images -- 8. Mixed Text and Images -- 9. Implementation -- 10. The Information Explosion -- A. Guide to the mg System -- B. Guide to the NZDL.

ISBN

1558605703

LCCN

99026345

OCLC

• 41039960
• ocm41039960

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries