Title :
Multiemdia information retrieval using fuzzy semantic distance [Multiemdia read Multimedia]
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Manage., Wuhan Univ., China
Abstract :
The query conditions are imprecise or uncertainty in multimedia information retrieval. So it is impossible to get completely information by using traditional retrieval method and new techniques must be developed in order to get the best similar retrieval results under the inaccurate or incomplete retrieval conditions given. A fuzzy semantic distance model and a concept of fuzzy similarity are first proposed and fuzzy query processing in fuzzy-space is described; then, the algorithm of information retrieval in multimedia databases based on fuzzy similarity is provided; finally, an example is used for explanation of the algorithm.
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; multimedia databases; query formulation; query processing; fuzzy query processing; fuzzy semantic distance model; fuzzy similarity; incomplete retrieval condition; multimedia databases; multimedia information retrieval; query condition; Content based retrieval; Fuzzy sets; Image databases; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Personnel; Spatial databases; Visual databases;
Conference_Titel :
Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7902-0
DOI :
10.1109/NLPKE.2003.1275934