Abstract :
The author discusses a new book on visual information retrieval (VIR). The fundamental components include visual content description and representation, similarity and distance measures, classifiers, indexing schemes, user interaction, and system performance evaluation.
Keywords :
VIR; classifiers; content-sensitive segmentation; indexing schemes; relevance feedback; small-sample learning algorithms; user interaction; visual data; visual information retrieval; Algorithm design and analysis; Books; Buffer storage; Graphics; Image retrieval; Indexing; Information retrieval; Layout; Negative feedback; Streaming media; VIR; classifiers; content-sensitive segmentation; indexing schemes; relevance feedback; small-sample learning algorithms; user interaction; visual data; visual information retrieval;
