Video Data Compression for Multimedia Computing: Statistically Based and Biologically Inspired Techniques

During the past few years, we have been witnessing the rapid growth of the applications of Interactive Digital Video, Multimedia Computing, Desktop Video Teleconferencing, Virtual Reality, and High Definition Television (HDTV). Another information revolution which is tied to Cyberspace is almost within reach. The information, data, text, graphics, video, sound, etc. , in the form of multimedia, can be requested, accessed, distributed, and transmitted to potentially every household. This is ...