Multimedia Tools and Applications, Volume 74

Volume 74, Number 1, January 2015

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  Yulei Wu, Peter Mueller, Jingguo Ge, Bahman Javadi:
  Editorial: recent advances in communication networks and multimedia technologies. 1-3
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  Zheng Wan, Naixue Xiong, Laurence T. Yang:
  Cross-layer video transmission over IEEE 802.11e multihop networks. 5-23
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  Gaocai Wang, Nao Wang, Xin Yu, Taoshen Li, Zhenzhen Zhang:
  Performance analysis of opportunistic scheduling in wireless multimedia and data networks using stochastic network calculus. 25-41
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  Yun Mao, Jun Peng, Ying Guo, Dazu Huang, Moon Ho Lee:
  On high-rate full-diversity space-time-frequency code with partial interference cancelation group decoding for frequency-selective channels. 43-61
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  Dingding Li, Hai Jin, Xiaofei Liao, Jia Yu:
  Improving write amplification in a virtualized and multimedia SSD system. 63-83
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  Yugen Yi, Baoxue Zhang, Jun Kong, Jianzhong Wang:
  An improved locality sensitive discriminant analysis approach for feature extraction. 85-104
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  Yuxiang Xie, Xiao-Ping (Steven) Zhang, Xidao Luan, Li Liu, Xin Zhang:
  A novel specific image scenes detection method. 105-122
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  Li Zhang, Weida Zhou, Fanzhang Li:
  Kernel sparse representation-based classifier ensemble for face recognition. 123-137
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  Juncong Lin, Jiazhi Xia, Xing Gao, Minghong Liao, Ying He, Xianfeng Gu:
  Interior structure transfer via harmonic 1-forms. 139-158
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  Yu-Teng Jang, Shuchih Ernest Chang, Po-An Chen:
  Exploring social networking sites for facilitating multi-channel retailing. 159-178
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  Sang-Soo Yeo, Ken Chen, Honghai Liu:
  Pattern recognition technologies for multimedia information processing. 179-183
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  Ara Ra Khil, Kang-Hee Lee:
  Optimization of a robot-served cart capacity using the three-dimensional single bin packing problem. 185-198
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  Jin Woo Choi, Taeg Keun Whangbo, Cheong-Ghil Kim:
  A contour tracking method of large motion object using optical flow and active contour model. 199-210
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  Jaemin Soh, ByungOk Han, Yeong-Jae Choi, Youngmin Park, Yong-Ho Seo, Hyun Seung Yang:
  Automatic registration of a virtual experience space with Kinect. 211-226
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  Ahra Jo, Gil-Jin Jang, Bohyung Han:
  Occlusion detection using horizontally segmented windows for vehicle tracking. 227-243
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  Dongwann Kang, Phutphalla Kong, Kyunghyun Yoon, Sanghyun Seo:
  Directional texture transfer for video. 245-258
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  Ji Hun Kang, Shin-Jin Kang, SooKyun Kim:
  Line recognition algorithm for 3D polygonal model using a parallel computing platform. 259-270
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  Sooyoung Park, Hyunji Chung, Changhoon Lee, Sangjin Lee, Kyungho Lee:
  Methodology and implementation for tracking the file sharers using BitTorrent. 271-286
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  Sanghoon Jun, Seungmin Rho, Eenjun Hwang:
  Music structure analysis using self-similarity matrix and two-stage categorization. 287-302
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  Hyunguk Yoo, Taeshik Shon:
  Novel Approach for Detecting Network Anomalies for Substation Automation based on IEC 61850. 303-318

Volume 74, Number 2, January 2015

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  Shelley Buchinger, Rui J. Lopes, Satu Jumisko-Pyykkö, Hans-Jürgen Zepernick:
  Guest editorial: Advances in tools, techniques and practices for multimedia QoE. 319-322
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  Marcus Barkowsky, Iñigo Sedano, Kjell Brunnström, Mikolaj Leszczuk, Nicolas Staelens:
  Hybrid video quality prediction: reviewing video quality measurement for widening application scope. 323-343
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  Ragnhild Eg, Carsten Griwodz, Pål Halvorsen, Dawn M. Behne:
  Audiovisual robustness: exploring perceptual tolerance to asynchrony and quality distortion. 345-365
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  Adam Borowiak, Ulrich Reiter:
  Quality evaluation of long duration AV content - an extended analysis using a novel assessment methodology. 367-380
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  Selim Ickin, Markus Fiedler, Katarzyna Wac, Patrik Arlos, Canberk Temiz, Khadija Mkocha:
  VLQoE: Video QoE instrumentation on the smartphone. 381-411
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  Thomas Zinner, Tobias Hoßfeld, Markus Fiedler, Florian Liers, Thomas Volkert, Rahamatullah Khondoker, Raimund Schatz:
  Requirement driven prospects for realizing user-centric network orchestration. 413-437
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  Helder F. Castro, Maria T. Andrade, Fernando Almeida, Giuseppe Tropea, Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, Aziz S. Mousas, Dimitra I. Kaklamani, Leonardo Chiariglione, Angelo Difino:
  Semantically connected web resources with MPEG-21. 439-462
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  Yahong Han, Yi Yang, Jingdong Wang:
  Guest Editorial: Ad Hoc Web Multimedia Analysis with Limited Supervision. 463-465
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  Li-Wei Liu, Liang-Hao Wang, Ming Zhang:
  Depth map Super-Resolution based on joint dictionary learning. 467-477
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  Guoyu Lu, Nicu Sebe, Congfu Xu, Chandra Kambhamettu:
  Memory efficient large-scale image-based localization. 479-503
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  Litao Yu, Jie Shao, Xin-Shun Xu, Heng Tao Shen:
  Max-margin adaptive model for complex video pattern recognition. 505-521
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  Haoquan Shen, Yan Yan, Shicheng Xu, Nicolas Ballas, Wenzhi Chen:
  Evaluation of semi-supervised learning method on action recognition. 523-542
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  Yang Liu, Zechao Li, Jing Liu, Hanqing Lu:
  Boosted MIML method for weakly-supervised image semantic segmentation. 543-559
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  Kai Liu, Shikui Wei, Yao Zhao, Zhenfeng Zhu, Yunchao Wei, Changsheng Xu:
  Accumulated reconstruction error vector (AREV): a semantic representation for cross-media retrieval. 561-576
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  Hong Zhang, Xin Xu:
  Nonnegative cross-media recoding of visual-auditory content for social media analysis. 577-593
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  Xinhang Song, Shuqiang Jiang, Shuhui Wang, Liang Li, Qingming Huang:
  Polysemious visual representation based on feature aggregation for large scale image applications. 595-611
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  Liang Xie, Peng Pan, Yansheng Lu:
  Markov random field based fusion for supervised and semi-supervised multi-modal image classification. 613-634
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  Jim Jing-Yan Wang, Yijun Sun, Xin Gao:
  Sparse structure regularized ranking. 635-654
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  Jing Li, Xueming Qian, Qing Li, Yisi Zhao, Liejun Wang, Yuan Yan Tang:
  Mining near duplicate image groups. 655-669

Volume 74, Number 3, February 2015

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  Junying Chen, Haoyu Zeng, Na Fan:
  Nonlinear distance function learning using neural network: an iterative framework. 671-688
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  Bo Jiang, Yongyi Lu, Xiying Li, Liang Lin:
  Towards a solid solution of real-time fire and flame detection. 689-705
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  Shu-Yuan Shen, Lihong Huang, Qinglong Tian:
  A novel data hiding for color images based on pixel value difference and modulus function. 707-728
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  Ruiyue Xu, Yepeng Guan, Yizhen Huang:
  Multiple human detection and tracking based on head detection for real-time video surveillance. 729-742
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  Weili Zeng, X. Lu, X. Tan:
  A local structural adaptive partial differential equation for image denoising. 743-757
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  Seyed Mohammadreza Mohsenfar, Mohammad Mosleh, Ali Barati:
  Audio watermarking method using QR decomposition and genetic algorithm. 759-779
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  Benyamin Norouzi, Seyed Mohammad Seyedzadeh, Sattar Mirzakuchaki, Mohammad Reza Mosavi:
  A novel image encryption based on row-column, masking and main diffusion processes with hyper chaos. 781-811
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  Vidhi Khanduja, Om Prakash Verma, Shampa Chakraverty:
  Watermarking relational databases using bacterial foraging algorithm. 813-839
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  Guangyong Gao, Guoping Jiang:
  Bessel-Fourier moment-based robust image zero-watermarking. 841-858
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  Jie Yuan, Baogang Wei, Yonghuai Liu, Yin Zhang, Lidong Wang:
  A method for text line detection in natural images. 859-884
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  Zhong Li, Weiqiang Wang, Xiaoqian Liu, Ke Lu:
  An efficient multi-threshold AdaBoost approach to detecting faces in images. 885-901
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  Milos Milutinovic, Aleksandra Labus, Vukasin Stojiljkovic, Zorica Bogdanovic, Marijana Despotovic-Zrakic:
  Designing a mobile language learning system based on lightweight learning objects. 903-935
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  Zhiyi Li, Wei-Qiang Zhang, Jia Liu:
  Multi-resolution time frequency feature and complementary combination for short utterance speaker recognition. 937-953
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  Abdallah Meraoumia, Salim Chitroub, Ahmed Bouridane:
  Do multispectral palmprint images be reliable for person identification? 955-978
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  Zhaoqiang Xia, Yi Shen, Xiaoyi Feng, Jinye Peng, Jianping Fan:
  Automatic tag-to-region assignment via multiple instance learning. 979-1002
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  Wen-Chao Yang, Ling-Hwei Chen:
  A steganographic method via various animations in PowerPoint files. 1003-1019
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  Hanling Zhang, Fei Tao, Gaobo Yang:
  Robust visual tracking based on structured sparse representation model. 1021-1043
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  Panos E. Kourouthanassis, Costas Boletsis, George Lekakos:
  Demystifying the design of mobile augmented reality applications. 1045-1066
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  Yi Chen, Ramazan Savas Aygün:
  SpriteCam: virtual camera control using sprite. 1067-1089
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  Xin Yang, Duanqing Xu, Lei Zhao, Bing Yang:
  Complex shading efficiently for ray tracing on GPU. 1091-1106
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  Shan Gai, Limin Luo:
  Image denoising using normal inverse gaussian model in quaternion wavelet domain. 1107-1124
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  Hai-Trieu Pham, Jung-Ja Kim, Tan Loc Nguyen, Yonggwan Won:
  3D motion matching algorithm using signature feature descriptor. 1125-1136

Volume 74, Number 4, February 2015

Content-Based Multimedia Indexing

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  Klaus Schoeffmann, Jenny Benois-Pineau, Bernard Mérialdo, Tamás Szirányi:
  Guest editorial: Content-Based Multimedia Indexing. 1137-1142
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  Cédric Penet, Claire-Hélène Demarty, Guillaume Gravier, Patrick Gros:
  Variability modelling for audio events detection in movies. 1143-1173
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  Nikolaos Pappas, Andrei Popescu-Belis:
  Combining content with user preferences for non-fiction multimedia recommendation: a study on TED lectures. 1175-1197
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  Thanh-Nghi Doan, Thanh-Nghi Do, François Poulet:
  Large scale classifiers for visual classification tasks. 1199-1224
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  Abdelkader Hamadi, Philippe Mulhem, Georges Quénot:
  Extended conceptual feedback for semantic multimedia indexing. 1225-1248
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  Olfa Ben Ahmed, Jenny Benois-Pineau, Michèle Allard, Chokri Ben Amar, Gwénaëlle Catheline:
  Classification of Alzheimer's disease subjects from MRI using hippocampal visual features. 1249-1266
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  Bahjat Safadi, Nadia Derbas, Georges Quénot:
  Descriptor optimization for multimedia indexing and retrieval. 1267-1290
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  Svetlana Kordumova, Xirong Li, Cees G. M. Snoek:
  Best practices for learning video concept detectors from social media examples. 1291-1315
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  Anna Llagostera Casanovas, Andrea Cavallaro:
  Audio-visual events for multi-camera synchronization. 1317-1340
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  Jian Cheng, Peng Li, Ting Rui, Hanqing Lu:
  Learning latent semantic model with visual consistency for image analysis. 1341-1356
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  Ricardo C. Sperandio, Zenilton K. G. Patrocínio Jr., Hugo Bastos de Paula, Silvio Jamil Ferzoli Guimarães:
  An efficient access method for multimodal video retrieval. 1357-1375
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  Anindya Roy, Hervé Bredin, William Hartmann, Viet Bac Le, Claude Barras, Jean-Luc Gauvain:
  Lexical speaker identification in TV shows. 1377-1396
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  Nizar Elleuch, Anis Ben Ammar, Adel M. Alimi:
  A generic framework for semantic video indexing based on visual concepts/contexts detection. 1397-1421
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  Hong-Mei Hou, Xin-Shun Xu, Gang Wang, Xiaolin Wang:
  Joint-Rerank: a novel method for image search reranking. 1423-1442
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  Lamberto Ballan, Marco Bertini, Tiberio Uricchio, Alberto Del Bimbo:
  Data-driven approaches for social image and video tagging. 1443-1468
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  Cong Bai, Jinglin Zhang, Zhi Liu, Wan-Lei Zhao:
  K-means based histogram using multiresolution feature vectors for color texture database retrieval. 1469-1488
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  Tsung-Han Tsai, Yu-Siang Huang, Pei-Yun Liu, De-Ming Chen:
  Content-based singer classification on compressed domain audio data. 1489-1509
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  Vahid Mehrdad, Hossein Ebrahimnezhad:
  3D model retrieval based on linear prediction coding in cylindrical and spherical projections using SVM-OSS. 1511-1535

Volume 74, Number 5, March 2015

Advances in Smart and Intelligent Multimedia Platforms for Pervasive Computing

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  Ken Choi, Haiqing Nan, Wook Choi:
  Advances in Smart and Intelligent Multimedia Platforms for Pervasive Computing. 1537-1539
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  Kyusuk Han, Taeshik Shon:
  Authentication of mobile applications through various local distributors. 1541-1555
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  Kangseok Kim, Wonjeong Ha, Okkyung Choi, Hongjin Yeh, Jai-Hoon Kim, Manpyo Hong, Taeshik Shon:
  An interactive pervasive whiteboard based on MVC architecture for ubiquitous collaboration. 1557-1576
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  Jongsu Park, Seung-Ho Oh, Yong-Surk Lee:
  Network security camera system and its application for consumer electronics in ubiquitous environment. 1577-1591
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  Jung-Hyok Kwon, Eui-Jik Kim:
  Adaptive multi-channel allocation for vehicular infrastructure mesh systems. 1593-1609
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  Maziar Loghman, Joohee Kim:
  Segmentation-based view synthesis for multi-view video plus depth. 1611-1625
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  Hyunhee Park, Seunghyun Park, Taeshik Shon, Eui-Jik Kim:
  Multi-hop-based opportunistic concurrent directional transmission in 60 GHz WPANs. 1627-1644
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  Ya-Ting Chang, Cheng-Ta Huang, Chia-Ling Huang, Shiuh-Jeng Wang:
  Data hiding of high compression ratio in VQ indices with neighboring correlations. 1645-1666
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  Fu-Hau Hsu, Min-Hao Wu, Yi-Wen Chang, Shiuh-Jeng Wang:
  Web security in a windows system as PrivacyDefender in private browsing mode. 1667-1688
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  Chang-Moo Lee:
  Criminal profiling and industrial security. 1689-1696
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  Taekook Kim, Eui-Jik Kim:
  Hybrid storage-based caching strategy for content delivery network services. 1697-1709
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  Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry, Nizamuddin, Muhammad Sher, Anwar Ghani, Husnain Naqvi, Azeem Irshad:
  An efficient signcryption scheme with forward secrecy and public verifiability based on hyper elliptic curve cryptography. 1711-1723

Volume 74, Number 6, March 2015

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  Hengfu Yang, Jianping Yin:
  A secure removable visible watermarking for BTC compressed images. 1725-1739
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  Chen-Chiung Hsieh, Mansour A. Karkoub, Wei-Ru Lai, Po-Hong Lin:
  Visual people counting using gender features and LRU updating scheme. 1741-1759
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  Zutao Zhang, Yipeng Zheng, Hong Xu, Hengjian Li:
  A novel elevator group control algorithm based on binocular-cameras corridor passenger detection and tracking. 1761-1775
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  Yuan Jia, Yangli Wang, Rui Song, Jiandong Li:
  Decoder side information generation techniques in Wyner-Ziv video coding: a review. 1777-1803
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  Ali Shojaee Bakhtiari, Nizar Bouguila:
  Semisupervised online learning of hierarchical structures for visual object classification. 1805-1822
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  Xuejian He, Kup-Sze Choi:
  Using analytical force model for efficient deformation simulation and haptic rendering of soft objects. 1823-1844
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  Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Hongcheng Wang, Ziyou Xiong, Alan Finn:
  A two-step face hallucination approach for video surveillance applications. 1845-1862
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  Shangfei Wang, Zhaoyu Wang, Qiang Ji:
  Multiple emotional tagging of multimedia data by exploiting dependencies among emotions. 1863-1883
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  Cong-Hua Xie, Yong-Jun Liu, Jin-Yi Chang:
  Medical image segmentation using rough set and local polynomial regression. 1885-1914
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  Shuo Li, Lichun Wang, Dehui Kong:
  Synthesis of sign language co-articulation based on key frames. 1915-1933
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  Zia Ul-Qayyum:
  Image retrieval through qualitative representations over semantic features. 1935-1959
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  Ka-Cheng Choi, Chi-Man Pun, C. L. Philip Chen:
  Application of a generalized difference expansion based reversible audio data hiding algorithm. 1961-1982
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  Chuan Qin, Chin-Chen Chang, Chia-Chun Lin:
  An adaptive reversible steganographic scheme based on the just noticeable distortion. 1983-1995
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  Na Ai, Jinye Peng, Xuan Zhu, Xiaoyi Feng:
  SISR via trained double sparsity dictionaries. 1997-2007
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  Shixun Wang, Peng Pan, Yansheng Lu, Liang Xie:
  Improving cross-modal and multi-modal retrieval combining content and semantics similarities with probabilistic model. 2009-2032
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  Abhishek Midya, Somnath Sengupta:
  Switchable video error concealment using encoder driven scene transition detection and edge preserving SEC. 2033-2054
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  Xiaoru Wang, Junping Du, Shuzhe Wu, Xu Li, Haiming Xin, Yu Zhang, Fu Li:
  High-level semantic image annotation based on hot Internet topics. 2055-2084
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  Jian Chen, Yunzheng Chen, Dong Qin, Yonghong Kuo:
  An elastic net-based hybrid hypothesis method for compressed video sensing. 2085-2108
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  Di Xiao, Shulei Hu, Hongying Zheng:
  A high capacity combined reversible watermarking scheme for 2-D CAD engineering graphics. 2109-2126
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  Meng Chen, Liyu Gong, Tianjiang Wang, Qi Feng:
  Action recognition using lie algebrized gaussians over dense local spatio-temporal features. 2127-2142
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  Ki-Hyun Jung, Kee-Young Yoo:
  Steganographic method based on interpolation and LSB substitution of digital images. 2143-2155
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  Ruhan He, Bing Yang, Nong Sang, Yongsheng Yu, Geli Bai, Jizi Li:
  Integral region-based covariance tracking with occlusion detection. 2157-2178
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  Ki-Hyun Jung, Kee-Young Yoo:
  High-capacity index based data hiding method. 2179-2193

Volume 74, Number 7, April 2015

Convergence and Advanced Technology

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  Sang-Yeob Oh, Supratip Ghose, Joong-Kyung Ryu:
  Guest Editorial: Convergence and Advanced Technology. 2195-2200
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  Ilgu Jung, Won Ryu, Jinsul Kim:
  An efficient mobility management scheme for convergence mobile media multicast services in NGN. 2201-2217
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  Young-Hyun Chang, Sang-Yeob Oh:
  A study on the development of one source multi use cross-platform based on zero coding. 2219-2235
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  Je-Ho Park:
  Low-cost image indexing for massive database. 2237-2255
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