Current trends in computer science; proceedings.9780769528991 Current trends in computer science; proceedings. Mexican International Conference on Current Trends in Computer Science (8th: 2007: Michoacan, Mexico) Ed. by M. Farach-Colton et al. Computer Society Press 2007 174 pages $201.00 Paperback QA76.9 Twenty-three papers selected for the September 2007 conference report research advances in information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. , scalable pattern recognition, and user-driven software systems. The researchers propose a fuzzy spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. warehouse, a layered architecture An architecture in which data moves from one defined level of processing to another. Communications protocols are a primary example. See OSI model. for cooperative work environments, an algorithm for identifying authors using synonyms, and an image registration method using a projective transformation A projective transformation is a transformation used in projective geometry: it is the composition of a pair of perspective projections. It describes what happens to the perceived positions of observed objects when the point of view of the observer changes. model. Other topics include automatic recognition of chemical images, plagiarism Using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work. of digital documents, a collaborative search engine, and node availability for distributed systems considering processor and RAM utilization. No subject index is provided. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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