Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (eBook)

Foreword 6
Preface 8
Contents 10
Adapting Spreading Activation Techniques towards a New Approach to Content-Based Recommender Systems 13
Introduction 13
Spreading Activation Techniques 15
Our Content-Based Recommendation Strategy 17
Semantic Associations 17
Weighting of Links in the User’s Network 18
Selection of Recommendations: Our Spreading Activation Process 18
Example of Reasoning-Driven Content-Based Recommendations 19
Experimental Evaluation 21
Preliminary Testing Experiences 21
Computational Viability and Scalability-Related Concerns 22
Conclusions and Further Work 22
References 23
A Framework for Automatic Detection of Abandoned Luggage in Airport Terminal 24
Introduction 24
Framework Design and Implementation 25
System Overview 25
Resolving the Splitting Trackers 26
Detection of Left or Removed Objects 27
Event Detection 29
Test Results 29
Conclusions 32
References 32
Modeling Student’s Knowledge on Programming Using Fuzzy Techniques 34
Introduction 34
The Domain Knowledge 35
Student Modeling 36
Conclusion 42
References 42
Camera Angle Invariant Shape Recognition in Surveillance Systems 44
Introduction 44
ProposedSystem 45
Shape Parameterization 46
Classification 47
Experiments 49
Conclusions 50
References 50
Multicriteria-Based Decision for Services Discovery and Selection 52
Introduction 52
OSGi-Based Middleware for Service Discovery 53
Getting Contextual and Non Functional Service Properties 54
AHP Multi-criteria-based Method for Evaluating Service 55
Service Selection Using {/it AHP} Method 56
Application Components 56
Service Ranking Method 58
Obtaining Results by the AHP Method 59
Conclusion and Future Works 61
References 62
Building a Minimalistic Multimedia User Interface for Quadriplegic Patients 63
Introduction 63
Current Tools 65
The Proposed User Interface 65
Possible Improvements 67
Conclusions 68
References 68
Biofeedback-Based Brain Hemispheric Synchronizing Employing Man-Machine Interface 69
Introduction 69
Recording System 70
Data Collection 71
Data Pre-processing 72
Brain Synchronization Detection 74
Results 75
Conclusion 77
References 78
Performance of Watermarking-Based DTD Algorithm under Time-Varying Echo Path Conditions 79
Introduction 79
Watermarking-Based DTD Overview 81
Evaluation Procedure 82
Test Results 83
Conclusions 86
References 87
Applying HTM-Based System to Recognize Object in Visual Attention 89
Introduction 89
Image Set and HTM-Based Networks 91
Generating Training and Testing Image Set 91
Training HTM-SBNs and HTM-OBNs 91
A New Approach 92
Experiments 94
Experiment 1 95
Experiment 2 96
Comparison with Other Systems 96
Discussions 98
Conclusion 99
References 100
Constant Bitrate Image Scrambling Method Using CAVLC in H.264 101
Introduction 101
Proposed Algorithm 103
Coefficient Levels Scrambling 104
Scrambling Using Shuffled VLC Table 105
Experimental Results 106
Conclusion 109
References 110
Color Image Restoration Technique Using Gradient Edge Direction Detection 111
Introduction 111
Proposed Algorithm 113
Luminance Component Interpolation 113
Green Channel Reconstruction at the Red or Blue Positions 113
Red and Blue Components Predictions at the Green Position 115
Simulation Results 116
Conclusion 118
References 119
Watermarking with the UPC and DWT 120
Introduction 120
Wavelets 121
DigitalWatermarking 121
Blind Watermarking 122
Scoring and Evaluation 122
Watermarking Techniques 123
Implementation 124
Images Used 124
Algorithm 124
Results 125
Conclusions 127
References 127
Building a Novel Web Service Framework-Through a Case Study of Bioinformatics 130
Introduction 130
Literature Review 132
Web Service Request 132
Before the Composition - Organizing the Request Workflow 132
Composition Solution - Technologies to Support WS Composition 133
Composition Integration - Proposing an Automated Service Composition Framework 133
The Infrastructure of the Framework 134
Quality of Composition Mechanism 138
Case Study and Evaluation 139
Case Scenario 139
Experimental Delimitation 140
Experimental Results 141
Conclusion 143
References 144
An Architecture for Collaborative TranslationalResearch Utilizing the Honest Broker System 145
Introduction 145
Computer Supported Collaborative Work Systems for Biomedical Research 146
Beaumont BioBank Integration Management System Architecture 149
Discussion 152
Conclusion 153
References 154
Simulated Annealing in Finding Optimum Groups of Learners of UML 155
Introduction 155
Description of the System 156
Criteria for Finding Optimum Groups of Learners 157
Use of Simulated Annealing 158
Theoretical Background 158
Configuration Space 160
Finding Neighborhoods 160
Objective/Cost Function 161
Cooling Schedule 161
Conclusions 162
References 162
A Smart Network Architecture for e-Health Applications 165
Introduction 165
State-of-the-Art 166
Smart Network Architecture for e-Health Applications 168
Access Techniques 168
Telemedecine and Teleconsultation 168
Body Sensor Networks 169
Overall System Design 170
Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1.) 170
WiFi (IEEE 802.11) 171
ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) 171
Wireless Mesh Networks 172
Challenges 172
Conclusion 172
References 173
A Music Recommender Based on Artificial Immune Systems 175
Introduction 175
Related Work 176
Recommendation as a One-Class Classification Problem 177
SVM-Based One-Class Classification 178
Negative Selection-Based One-Class Classification 179
Artificial Immune System-Based Recommendation 180
System Evaluation 182
Measuring the Efficiency of Recommender Methods 184
Conclusions and Future Work 185
References 186
Towards a Unified Data Management and Decision Support System for Health Care 212
Introduction 212
A UDMDSS PRIMER 215
Real-Time Data Management (RTDM) Module 216
Persistent Storage (PS) Module 218
Statistical Analysis (SA) Module 218
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Module 219
Subjective Logic (SL) Module 220
Business Logic and Decision Support (BLDS) Module 220
Work in Progress 220
Questionnaire Design Workbench 221
Semantics and Ontologies 221
Bayesian Statistical Analysis 221
Reporting Schema and Interface 221
Mobile and Web-Based Communications 222
Agent Modelling 222
Concept Analysis 222
Development Tools and Environment 222
Conclusion 223
References 223
A Glove-Based Interface for 3D Medical Image Visualization 228
Introduction and Background 228
Input Device 230
Data Glove 230
Wiimote 230
System Configuration 231
Interaction Techniques 233
Pointing 234
Moving 234
Rotation 235
Dollying 235
Implementation Details 235
Conclusions 236
References 236
Open Issues in IDS Design for Wireless Biomedical Sensor Networks 238
Introduction 238
Background and RelatedWork 239
Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks 239
Privacy and Security Issues in Wireless Biological Sensor Networks 240
An Hybrid Intrusion Detection System for WSNs 241
Testbed Description and Experimental Results 244
Conclusions and Future Work 246
Conclusions 246
References 247
Optimizing the Location Prediction of a Moving Patient to Prevent the Accident 268
Introduction 268
Literature Review 270
Moving Object Prediction 270
The Evolutionary Algorithm 270
The Solution Models 272
The Problem Definition 272
The Basis of EA 273
The Solution Models 273
Results Analysis 276
Proposing an Accident Warning System for the Inpatients’ Safety 277
Conclusion 278
References 279
An MDE Parameterized Transformation for Adaptive User Interfaces 281
Introduction 281
State of the Art 282
AUI2CUI Parameterized Transformation 283
Overview of AUI2CUI Transformation 283
Abstract User Interface Meta-model 284
Concrete User Interface Meta-model 285
Platform Meta-model 286
Illustration Example 287
Adaptation Rules 288
Conclusion and Future Work 291
References 291
Agent Based MPEG Query Format Middleware for Standardized Multimedia Retrieval 293
Introduction 293
Related Work 294
Agent Based MPQF Middleware 295
Technical Foundation 296
Architecture 296
Multimedia Service Registration and Detection 298
Processing Strategies 298
Evaluation 301
Summarization 302
References 302
Query Result Aggregation in Distributed Multimedia Databases 304
Introduction 304
The MPEG Query Format 305
AIR 305
Related Work 307
Description of the Proposed Algorithm 308
Experimental Evaluation 311
Conclusion 312
References 313
Sensor-Aware Web interface 314
Introduction 314
Related Work 315
Video Analysis Related Work 316
Sensor-Aware Architecture 318
Sensors Layer 319
Face Detection Analyzer 320
Tracking Analyzer 321
Presence-Aware Web Sites 322
Conclusions 324
References 324
Author Index 328