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MANAGING GIGABYTES
COMPRESSING AND INDEXING DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES, SECOND EDITION |
| By: |
I. H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C Bell |
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Hardback |
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£76.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1558605703 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781558605701 |
| Publisher: |
ELSEVIER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
| Pub. date: |
11 May, 1999 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems |
| Pages: |
550 |
| Description: |
Provides coverage of state-of-the-art techniques for compressing and indexing data. This book covers the developments in compression and indexing and their application on the Web and in digital libraries. It also details powerful techniques supported by mg, the authors' own system for compressing, storing, and retrieving text. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers In |
| Returns: |
Returnable |