Merging results for distributed content based image retrieval

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-232

  Berretti, Stefano ^a   Del Bimbo, Alberto ^a   Pala, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collection fusion; Digital libraries; Distributed retrieval

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION FUSION; DATA FUSION; DISTRIBUTED RETRIEVAL; IMAGE REPOSITORIES;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DIGITAL LIBRARIES; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; QUERY LANGUAGES; SERVERS;

CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL;

EID: 4344617716     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MTAP.0000039388.63801.67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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