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Issues in storage and retrieval of multimedia data

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As the proliferation of multimedia systems continues in diverse application areas, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the performance of the I/O subsystem is a critical limiting factor in the usefulness of such systems. This has spurred extensive research to discover and design efficient and robust I/O systems for the storage and retrieval of multimedia data. To mitigate the effects of the I/O bottleneck in multimedia application environments, we must employ novel technologies and efficient algorithms, and we must use available resources carefully. This paper identifies some significant issues involved and presents a survey of the techniques developed or proposed during recent years to make multimedia I/O more efficient.

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  1. University of Aizu, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, 965-80, Aizu Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan

    T. L. Kunii

  2. Department of Information Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Shinagawa

  3. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, 20301, Washington DC, USA

    R. M. Paul

  4. Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, 47907-1398, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    M. F. Khan

  5. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, DE, USA

    A. A. Khokhar

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Kunii, T.L., Shinagawa, Y., Paul, R.M. et al. Issues in storage and retrieval of multimedia data. Multimedia Systems 3, 298–304 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01832145

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