This book discusses the new aspects of digital watermarking in a worldwide context. Approached not only from the technical side, but the business and legal sides as well, it discusses digital watermarking as it relates to many areas of digital media. Broad in its approach, the book provides a...

"This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings relating to consumer confidence, marketing strategies, and the influence of trust during a time of economic crisis"--Provided by publisher.

This publication provides a synopsis of the state-of-the-art technologies in perceptual-based multimedia design. It highlights how perceptual requirements can be incorporated in the design, development and transmission of multimedia, providing readers with a rich body of research and work done...

The dramatic growth of the wireless communication industry has resulted in searches for new technologies to provide broader bandwidth per user channel, better quality, and new value-added services. Employing smart antennas presents an elegant and relatively economical way to improve the...

This book presents the developments in the domain of interactive digital television covering both technical and business aspects. This book focuses on analyzing concepts, research issues, and methodological approaches, presenting existing solutions such as systems and prototypes for researchers,...

Multimedia security has become a major research topic, yielding numerous academic papers in addition to many watermarking-related companies. In this emerging area, there are many challenging research issues that deserve sustained study towards an effective and practical system. This book...

"This book provides a comprehensive, cross disciplinary look at the advancing and understanding of organizational, technical, human, and cognitive issues associated with the use of information systems in responding and managing crises of all kinds"--Provided by publisher.

"This book seeks to fill the knowledge gap surrounding Communities of Practice and their role within developing nations, focusing on critical topics related to different types of knowledge communities and the ways in which such communities generate innovation"--Provided by publisher