Managing gigabytes : compressing and indexing documents and images / Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell.

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Witten, I. H. (Ian H.)

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TextSeries: The Morgan Kaufmann series in multimedia information and systemsPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxi, 519 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

1558605703

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Review: "In this fully updated second edition of the highly acclaimed Managing Gigabytes, authors Witten, Moffat, and Bell continue to provide unparalleled coverage of state-of-the-art techniques for compressing and indexing data. Whatever your field, if you work with large quantities of information, this book is essential reading - an authoritative theoretical resource and a practical guide to meeting the toughest storage and access challenges. It covers the latest developments in compression and indexing and their application on the Web and in digital libraries. It also details dozens of powerful techniques supported by mg, the authors' own system for compressing, storing, and retrieving text, images, and textual images. Mg's source code is freely available on the Web."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Open Collection	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	Open Collection	FCUC Library	005.276 WIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00012910

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In this fully updated second edition of the highly acclaimed Managing Gigabytes, authors Witten, Moffat, and Bell continue to provide unparalleled coverage of state-of-the-art techniques for compressing and indexing data. Whatever your field, if you work with large quantities of information, this book is essential reading - an authoritative theoretical resource and a practical guide to meeting the toughest storage and access challenges. It covers the latest developments in compression and indexing and their application on the Web and in digital libraries. It also details dozens of powerful techniques supported by mg, the authors' own system for compressing, storing, and retrieving text, images, and textual images. Mg's source code is freely available on the Web."--BOOK JACKET.