Mahalanobis distance, 519
managing mobility, 406
managing ubiquity, 406
Manhattan distance, 517
map processing, 87–88
map visualization, 237
mapping XML animation to database, 421
Markov model, 23, 25, 30–36, 442, 444–446, 485
Markov random field model, 581
Markov random fields, 581
Markovian transition, 30, 32–33
maximum distance strategy, 526
maximum startup latency, 885
mean absolute differences (MAD), 200
mean squared error (MSE), 1042
Media Accelerating Peer Services (MAPS), 963
media key framing, 360–361
media locator, 129
media streaming protocols, 856
media streaming standards, 856
M-estimator, 576
metadata extraction, 652
metadata generation, 452
metric access methods, 718–721
metric domain, 717
Milgram virtuality continuum, 319
minimum bandwidth clustering, 935, 937
minimum spanning tree, 263
Minkowski error pooling problem, 1057–1058
mise-en-scene, 45
mobile streaming, 1036
model
based-search, 123
checking, 114
Erlang, 48–49
Gaussian, 50–51
instatntiation, 141
metadata GUI, 429, 432
metadata view, 429, 432
of short activity, 49
parameter estimation, 565, 570
Weibull, 48–49
mosaicing, 104–105
motion
adjustment GUI, 432–433
adjustment view, 432
analysis, 210
based shot change analysis, 210
clustering, 107
compensated image difference, 574
compensation, 214, 905
estimation, 574
information in MPEG, 181
manipulatioon, 419
mapping GUI, 435
mapping view, 435
picture association of America, 46
retarget view, 433
segmentation, 107
motion vector
processing, 1014
re-estimatio, 910
refiniment, 906
resampling, 1014–1015
movie genres, 46
moving image representation, 306
MPEG bitstream syntax, 1009
MPEG field coding, 1009
MPEG frame coding 1007,
MPEG-4 system, 898–900
animation, 425
stream association, 900
MPEG-7 standard, 125, 282, 487, 625–626, 628
applications, 626
audio description tools, 636
audio standard, 483, 504
classification scheme, 631–632
collection model, 634
content description tools, 629
data set, 201
feature description, 643
metadata, 626
multimedia descripton schemes, 628
schema and values, 631
scope, 628
semantic decription, 644
summary description schemes, 901
textual annotation, 643
tools, 900
video data, 698
video indexing and retrieval, 625–626, 641
video search, 646–647
visual description tools, 639
MPEG-21 multimedia framework, 912
M-tree, 719
multicast communications, 832
multicast in wireless LANs, 979
multicast techniques, 773, 858
multidimensional index structures, 661, 663
multilayer perceptron, 163–164
multimedia call center, 398
multimedia ergonomics, 1181
MultiMedia RealTime Interactive Stream (MRIS), 812
multimedia service integration, 360
multimodal
analysis, 207
Bayesian engine, 1155, 1164
event detection, 23
integration framework, 1155–1156
processing, 1107–1108
story segmentation, 1115
multiple content variants, 893
multiple description streaming media, 860
Multiple Description Streaming Media Content Delivery network (MD-CDN), 861
multiple description video coding, 854
multiple file switching, 843
multiple feature representation feedback, 523
multi-point query, 521–522
multi-rate differential encoding, 965–968
multi-rate encoder, 967
Multi-Threshold Flow Control (MTFC), 790–792
music genre classification, 498
music signal processing, 486