Compression -- Recent and Upcoming Books

Upcoming

Fundamentals of Image Data Compression Theory and Applications
Kannan Vairavan, Regu Subramanian / Hardcover / Expected January 2000
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Data Compression Conference (DCC '98), 1998
IEEE / Hardcover / Expected September 1999
Price: $135.00 Not Yet Published
Piecewise Integer Mapping for Arithmetic Coding; Compression of Sparse Matrices by Arithmetic Coding; Tag Based Models of English Text; Practical Multi-Resolution Source Coding: TSVQ; Embedded Trellis Coded Quantization; Multiple Pattern Matching in LZW Compressed Text; Some Theory and Practice of Greedy Off-Line Textual Substitution; Joint Source/Channel Coding for Variable Length Codes; The Multiple Description Rate Region for High Resolution Source Coding; Phrase Hierarchy Inference and Compression in Bounded Space; The Context Trees of Block Sorting Compression; Musical Image Compression; ...

Video Compression
Carl Ostrom / Hardcover / Expected December 1997
Price: $79.95 Not Yet Published

Recent

Introduction to Data Compression, Second Edition
Khalid Sayood / Hardcover / Published February 2000
Price: $69.95 - Ships in 24 hours
Khalid Sayood's textbook-style Introduction to Data Compression is the definitive guide to all kinds of compression schemes. Early chapters establish the mathematics involved in basic compression techniques, including lossless and lossy compression as well as the fundamentals of information theory that lay the groundwork for common forms of compression. (The book contains all the relevant formulas, although those who don't need such mathematical detail will still be able to understand the book.)

Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering
Yun Q. Shi, Huifang Sun / Hardcover / Published December 1999
Price: $89.95 - Ships in 24 hours
Advanced technologies have increased demands for visual information and higher quality video frames, as with 3-D movies, games, and HDTV. This taxes the available technologies and creates a gap between the huge amount of visual data required for multimedia applications and the still-limited hardware capabilities. Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering bridges the gap with concise, up-to-date video and image coding information.

Fractal and Wavelet Image Compression Techniques (Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering, Vol 40)
Stephen Welstead / Paperback / Published November 1999
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Mathematics of Data/Image Coding, Compression, and Encryption II
Mark S. Schmalz(Editor) / Hardcover / Published October 1999
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Still Image Compression on Parallel Computer Architectures (Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, Secs 475)
Savitri Bevinakoppa / Hardcover / Published October 1999
Price: $120.00 Back Ordered
Written for advanced students and practitioners of computer science, this text explains the use of parallel processing techniques to reduce the number of bits required to store and image in computer memory or transmit over a communication link. A number of digital compression algorithms are discussed with an emphasis upon flexible means of implementation. The author proposes a method called the block comparator technique which searches for similar blocks in an image, thus reducing compression space. -- Copyright 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved

Compression Algorithms for Real Programmers (For Real Programmers)
Peter Wayner / Paperback / Published September 1999
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Peter Wayner is the author of seven other books published by Adademic Press and Morgan Kaufmann, including Digital Cash: Commerce on the Net (AP Professional, 1997), Digital Copyright Protection(AP Professional, 1997), Disappearing Cryptography: Being and Nothingness on the Net (AP Professional, 1997), and Agents Unleashed: A Public Domain Look at Agent Technology (AP Professional, 1995). His work has appeared in BYTE magazine, the New York Times and Salon. Formerly a teacher of various computer science courses at Cornell University and Georgetown University, he now lives and writes in Baltimo...

Advanced Video Coding : Principles and Techniques (Advances in Image Communication, 7)
King N. Ngan, et al / Hardcover / Published August 1999
Price: $139.50 Special Order

Compressed Image File Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, XBM, BMP (ACM Press)
John Miano / Paperback / Published August 1999
Price: $44.95 - Ships in 24 hours
Compressed Image File Formats is an appealingly compact and useful guide to some of today's most popular file formats used for image data. For any programmer who needs to know how images are stored, this concise reference can serve as a really invaluable resource.

Visual Information Representation, Communication, and Image Processing (Optical Engineering, 64)
Chang Wen Chen(Editor), Ya-Qin Zhang (Editor) / Hardcover / Published July 1999
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Computer Speech : Recognition, Compression, Synthesis (Springer Series in Information Sciences, 35)
Manfred R. Schroeder / Hardcover / Published May 1999
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Managing Gigabytes : Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)
Ian H. Witten, et al / Hardcover / Published May 1999
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Of all the tasks programmers are asked to perform, storing, compressing, and retrieving information are some of the most challenging--and critical to many applications. Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images is a treasure trove of theory, practical illustration, and general discussion in this fascinating technical subject.

1999 IEEE Data Compression Conference
IEEE / Hardcover / Published March 1999
Price: $145.00 Special Order

Premiere 5.1 Training CD - Vol 5 of 5 - Macintosh/Windows
Cheryl Harper / CD-ROM / Published March 1999
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Electronic Imaging Technology
Edward R. Dougherty(Editor) / Paperback / Published January 1999
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Essentially broad overviews of particular domains of electronic imaging, 11 contributions focus on system overviews, technology, and practical applications. Topics include video compression standards, multimedia systems, vision and visualization, enhancement of digital documents, document recognition, digital halftoning, scanning, handwriting recognition, and hardware architectures. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Fractal Image Encoding and Analysis (NATO Asi Series. Series F, Computer and Systems Sciences, Vol 159)
NATO Advanced Study Institute on Fractal Image Encoding and Analysis / Hardcover / Published November 1998
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Mathematics of Data/Image Coding, Compression, and Encryption
Mark S. Schmalz(Editor) / Hardcover / Published November 1998
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Signal Recovery Techniques for Image and Video Compression and Transmission
Aggelos Katsaggelos(Editor), Nick Galatsanos (Editor) / Hardcover / Published October 1998
Price: $115.00 Special Order
Establishes a bridge between the fields of signal recovery and image and video compression, illustrating how techniques such as Bayesian estimation and the theory of projections onto convex sets can be brought to bear on problems in image and video compression and transmission. Addresses recovery of information which is lost due to the quantization process in compressing still images and video using available compression standards, demonstrating that established recovery techniques can be modified and used in these situations, and considers problems of recovery of information lost during the t...

Video Compression Techniques
Wolfgang Effelsberg, et al / Hardcover / Published July 1998
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Compression techniques for digital video are a vital component of all multimedia systems. This book introduces the fundamentals of compression algorithms, including entropy and source encoding, run-length encoding, vector quantization, Huffman codes and DCT. It proceeds with state-of-the-art still image compression with an emphasis on the algorithms used in multimedia systems today, such as JPEG and fractal image compression. A real challenge in terms of runtime performance is digital video, and video compression algorithms including MPEG, Wavelets and H.261 are the topic of an in-depth discus...

Wavelet Image and Video Compression
Pankaj N. Topiwala / Hardcover / Published June 1998
Price: $115.00 Special Order
An exciting new development has taken place in the digital era that has captured the imagination and talent of researchers around the globe -- wavelet image compression. This technology has deep roots in theories of vision, and promises performance improvements over all other compression methods, such as those based on Fourier transforms, vectors quantizers, fractals, neural nets, and many others. It is this revolutionary new technology that is presented in Wavelet Image and Video Compression, in a form that is accessible to the largest audience possible. Wavelet Image and Video Compression is...

Video Compression
Peter D. Symes(Photographer) / Hardcover / Published April 1998
Price: $55.00 - Ships in 2-3 days
Here's what every TV engineer needs to know about JPEG and MPEG! Digital television, Internet video, DVD, and videoconferencing; all require a solid practical and theoretical understanding of video compression options, both for storage and transmission. This guide, written by a video engineer for video engineers, gives you the expertise you need to stay on top in the field. It reviews JPEG, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2\=today's most widely used image compression standards - and presents an intriguing glimpse at other systems currently in development. From the fundamentals of the sampled images that form...

Digital Compression for Multimedia : Principles and Standards (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)
Jerry D. Gibson, et al / Hardcover / Published January 1998
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Effective digital compression--whether image, voice, or video data--is an essential part of telecommunications and the Internet. Digital Compression for Multimedia: Principles and Standards is a one-volume guide to the theory and standards behind today's digital compression. Written as a textbook and including plenty of mathematical expertise, this book is appropriate for a college course or as a reference for expert designers who are using the latest in digital compression.

Winzip for Beginners (Beginners Series)
Brian Howard / Paperback / Published January 1998
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Newcomers to the online world usually figure out the mechanics of surfing and e-mail pretty quickly, but file downloads can remain confounding for some time. Newbies who want to pick files from the online orchard need to know what a Zip file is and how to use one. WinZip for Beginners answers their questions, explaining how to get WinZip, how to install it, and how to use it to compress and extract files. This is a real service, because WinZip, even with its new wizard-based interface, isn't terribly intuitive.

Compression and Complexity of Sequences '97, Sequences '97 : Proceedings, Positano, Amalfitan Coast, Salerno, Italy, June 11-13, 1997
B. Carpentieri(Editor) / Paperback / Published January 1998
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Data Compression : The Complete Reference
David Salomon / Paperback / Published December 1997
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Introduction to Information Theory and Data Compression (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications Series)
Darrel . Hankersson, et al / Hardcover / Published November 1997
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A textbook for a graduate or upper-level undergraduate course for students in mathematics, engineering, or computer science, combining material developed in two separate courses. Explains a number of significant lossless and two lossy data compression techniques. The treatment of information theory is more theoretical and elementary. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Network-Based Images: A Practical Guide to Acquisition, Storage, Conversion, Compression and Transmission
Gilbert Held / Hardcover / Published October 1997
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In this book author Gil Held explains how images can be stored, compressed, converted and transmitted through a network. This is the only book covering how to effectively acquire and use images on LANs. CD-ROM includes image processing software.

Codesign for Real-Time Video Applications
Jorg Wilberg / Hardcover / Published September 1997
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Describes a computer design approach for embedded systems which combines the domains of hardware, software, and algorithm design using the design of a video compression system as an illustrative example. Emphasizing a quantitative analysis approach, the volume presents a complete top-down design flow and describes the tools necessary for each step. The tools are integrated into an HTML-based framework, resulting in data that can be directly documented and arbitrarily cross referenced. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Image Processing : Mathematical Methods and Applications : Based on the Proceedings of the First Ima Conference on 'Image Processing : Mathematical me
J. M. Blackledge(Editor), Institute of Mathematics a / Hardcover / Published August 1997
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ATM & MPEG-2: Integrating Digital Video Into Broadband Networks
Michael Orzessek(Contributor), Peter Sommer / Textbook Binding / Published August 1997
Price: $63.00 - Ships in 24 hours
Preface MPEG-2 (digital video compression standard created by the Moving Pictures Experts Group) and ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) can be regarded as the key technologies that will enable the digital video services to go past the academic stage and become a real end user success. These technologies are, however, only a small part of the Broadband Integrated Service Digital Network, or B-ISDN. When digital video services are distributed to the customers, the B-ISDN will be one of the most essential vehicles. Therefore, there will be a huge interaction and dependency between video services an...

Information Systems and Data Compression
Jerzy A. Seidler / Hardcover / Published July 1997
Price: $193.50 Special Order
Analyzes the concept of information, develops a universal methodology for designing intelligent information systems, and provides a solid basis for designing systems to compress digital data, processes, and images. Takes compression as a representative task because it requires almost all the basic techniques of information processing, and because all types of information system have information compressing subsystems. Approaches an information system as a system embedded between a superior system for which it renders services and the environment in which the superior system operates. The going...

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