Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Multimedia Services in Intelligent Environments: Advances in Recommender Systems -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Recommender Systems -- 3…Conclusions -- References -- 2 A Survey of Approaches to Designing Recommender Systems -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction to Recommender Systems -- 1.1 Formulation of the Recommendation Problem -- 1.1.1 The Input to a Recommender System -- 1.1.2 The Output of a Recommender System -- 1.2 Methods of Collecting Knowledge About User Preferences -- 1.2.1 The Implicit Approach -- 1.2.2 The Explicit Approach -- 1.2.3 The Mixing Approach -- 2…Summarization of Approaches to Recommendation -- 2.1 Content-Based Methods -- 2.2 Collaborative Methods -- 2.2.1 User-Based Collaborative Filtering Systems -- 2.2.2 Item-Based Collaborative Filtering Systems -- 2.2.3 Personality Diagnosis -- 2.3 Hybrid Methods -- 2.3.1 Adding Content-Based Characteristics to Collaborative Models -- 2.3.2 Adding Collaborative Characteristics to Content-Based Models -- 2.3.3 A Single Unifying Recommendation Model -- 2.3.4 Other Types of Recommender Systems -- 2.4 Fundamental Problems of Recommender Systems -- References -- 3 Hybrid User Model for Capturing a User's Information Seeking Intent -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Related Work -- 2.1 Methodologies for Building a User Model for Information Retrieval -- 2.2 Decision Theory for Information Retrieval -- 3…Capturing a User's Intent in an Information Seeking Task -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Interest Set -- 3.3 Context Network -- 3.4 Preference Network -- 4…Hybrid User Model -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Sub-Value Function Over Query -- 4.3 Sub-Value Function for Threshold -- 4.4 Complexity of Hybrid User Model -- 4.4.1 Implementation -- 5…Evaluation -- 5.1 Objectives -- 5.2 Testbeds -- 5.3 Vector Space Model and Ide dec-hi -- 5.4 Procedures. , 5.5 Traditional Procedure -- 5.6 Procedure to Assess Long-Term Effect -- 6…Results and Discussion -- 6.1 Results of Traditional Procedure -- 6.2 Results of New Procedure to Assess Long-Term Effect -- 7…Discussion -- 8…Application of Hybrid User Model -- 9…Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 4 Recommender Systems: Network Approaches -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Recommender Systems Review -- 3…Background: Graphs and NoSQL -- 3.1 Current NoSQL Implementations -- 3.2 The Algebraic Connectivity Metric -- 3.3 Recommendation Comparison and Propagation -- 4…The Effect of Algebraic Connectivity on Recommendations -- 4.1 Application to Improve Recommendations -- 5…Recommendations Experiment and Results -- 6…Conclusion -- References -- Resource List -- 5 Toward the Next Generation of Recommender Systems: Applications and Research Challenges -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Recommender Systems in Software Engineering -- 3…Recommender Systems in Data and Knowledge Engineering -- 4…Recommender Systems for Configurable Items -- 5…Recommender Systems for Persuasive Technologies -- 6…Further Applications -- 7…Issues for Future Research -- 8…Conclusions -- References -- 6 Content-Based Recommendation for Stacked-Graph Navigation -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Related Work -- 3…Stacked Graphs -- 3.1 Views and View Properties -- 4…Content-Based Recommendation -- 4.1 View Data Set -- 4.2 User Profile -- 4.2.1 Inferring Preferences for Seen Views -- 4.2.2 Inferring Preferences for Attributes of Seen Views -- 4.3 Content-Based Recommendation -- 4.4 Usage Scenario -- 5…User Study -- 6…Results and Discussions -- 7…Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- 7 Pattern Extraction from Graphs and Beyond -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Foundations -- 2.1 Graphs -- 2.2 Graph Representations -- 2.3 Basic Notions of Graph Components -- 3…Explicit Models. , 3.1 Tree -- 3.2 Cohesive Subgraphs -- 3.3 Cliques -- 4…Implicit Models -- 4.1 Modularity and Its Approximation -- 4.2 Network Flow -- 5…Beyond Static Patterns -- 5.1 Sequential Pattern Mining in Data Stream -- 5.2 Explicit Approaches for Tracing Communities -- 5.3 Implicit Approaches for Tracing Communities -- 6…Conclusion -- References -- Source List -- 8 Dominant AHP as Measuring Method of Service Values -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Necessity of Measuring Service Values -- 2.1 Significance of Service Science -- 2.2 Scientific Approach to Service Science -- 3…AHP as a Measuring Method of Service Values -- 3.1 Saaty's AHP -- 3.2 Dominant AHP -- 4…AHP and Dominant AHP from a Perspective of Utility Function -- 4.1 Expressive form of Multi-Attribute Utility Function -- 4.2 Saaty's AHP from a perspective of utility function -- 4.3 Dominant AHP from a viewpoint of utility function -- 5…Conclusion -- 9 Applications of a Stochastic Model in Supporting Intelligent Multimedia Systems and Educational Processes -- Abstract -- 1…Introduction -- 2…Formulating a Minimum of a Random Number of Nonnegative Random Variables -- 3…Distribution Function of the Formulated Minimum -- 4…Applications in Systems and Processes -- 5…Conclusions -- References.

Note: Title Page -- Preface -- Organizations -- Contents -- Managing Collaborative Sessions in WSNs -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Collaboration Hierarchy in WSNs -- Types of Collaboration -- Collaboration Hierarchy -- Sessions -- WISE-MANager -- Case Study -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Conclusions -- References -- OGRE-Coder: An Interoperable Environment for the Automatic Generation of OGRE Virtual Scenarios -- Introduction -- OGRE Markup Language (OGREML) -- OGRE-Coder: Design and Implementation Issues -- Requirements and Use Cases -- Architecture -- Implementation Tools -- OGRE-Coder Functionalities -- Authoring OGRE Virtual Environments -- Generating OGRE Code with OGRE-Coder -- Conclusions -- References -- Natural and Intuitive Video Mediated Collaboration -- Current Systems for Enabling Remote Collaboration -- Videoconferencing and Telepresence Systems -- Desktop Video Conferencing -- Interactive Tables and Smart Whiteboards -- The Importance of Usability -- Building Prototypes -- First Prototype -- Second Prototype -- Our Design Concept -- Permanent Connection, Invisible User Interface -- Natural Collaborative Tools -- Discussion -- Is Permanent Connection Too Limited? -- Where Could This Concept Be Applied? -- Challenges of Permanent Video Connections -- Future Development Challenges -- References -- Evolutionary System Supporting Music Composition -- Introduction -- Evolutionary System Supporting Music Composition -- Architecture of the System -- Genetic Algorithm -- The Process of Music Composition -- Experimental Results -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Usability Inspection of Informal Learning Environments: The HOU2LEARN Case -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- The HOU2LEARN Platform -- Usability Evaluation -- General -- The Method Applied -- The Experiment -- Conclusions - Future Goals -- References. , Procedural Modeling of Broad-Leaved Trees under Weather Conditions in 3D Virtual Reality -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Procedural Modeling of Broad-Leaved Trees -- Modeling of Tree under Weather Conditions -- Forest Modeling -- Experimental Program -- Conclusion -- References -- New Method for Adaptive Lossless Compression of Still Images Based on the Histogram Statistics -- Introduction -- Basic Principles of the АRL Coding Method -- Evaluation of the Lossless Coding Method Efficiency -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Scene Categorization with Class Extendibility and Effective Discriminative Ability -- Introduction -- Category-Specific Approach -- Whole-Construction/Whole-Representation Strategy -- Category-Specific-Construction/Whole-Representation Strategy -- Category-Specific-Construction/ Category-Specific-Representation Strategy -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Adaptive Navigation in a Web Educational System Using Fuzzy Techniques -- Introduction -- Adaptive Navigation Support -- The Domain Knowledge -- Student Modeling -- Discussion on the Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Fuzzy User Modeling Used -- Conclusion -- References -- Visualization Tool for Scientific Gateway -- Introduction -- Visual Representation of Datasets -- VT as a New Discovery for Presenting Academic Research Results -- Architecture of Visualization Tool -- Directly Visual Education Form -- Conclusion -- References -- Digital Text Based Activity: Teaching Geometrical Entities at the Kindergarten -- Introduction -- Review Standards -- Method - Data Collection and Observations -- Digital Based Activities at the Kindergarten -- Using Graphical Programs (Mspaint) -- Using Slide Shows (PowerPoint) -- Using Digital Cameras -- Using Spreadsheets (EXCEL) -- Summary and Conclusions -- References. , Cross Format Embedding of Metadata in Images Using QR Codes -- Introduction -- QRCodes -- Our Proposal -- Results -- Applications -- Conclusions -- References -- An Empirical Study for Integrating Personality Characteristics in Stereotype-Based Student Modelling in a Collaborative Learning Environment for UML -- Introduction -- Personality Related Stereotypes -- Empirical Study for Defining the Triggers -- Implementation of Triggers -- Conclusion -- References -- An Efficient Parallel Architecture for H.264/AVC Fractional Motion Estimation -- Introduction -- H.264/AVC FME Observations -- Encoding with INTER8x8 Mode or above -- Statistic Charactistics of Motion Vectors -- The Proposed Architecture -- Reference Pixel Array -- Integer Pixel Sampler in Reference Array -- 14-Input FME Engine -- Data Processing Order -- 3-Stages Processing -- Simulation Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Fast Two-Stage Global Motion Estimation: A Blocks and Pixels Sampling Approach -- Introduction -- Motion Models -- Global Motion Estimation -- Initial Translation Estimation -- Block Sampling and Limited Block Matching -- Initial Estimation of Perspective Model GM Parameters -- Subsampling Pixels and Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm -- Simulation -- Conclusion -- References -- Frame Extraction Based on Displacement Amount for Automatic Comic Generation from Metaverse Museum Visit Log -- Introduction -- Comic Generation System -- Evaluation -- Implementation -- Evaluation Outline -- Results and Discussions -- Related Work -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Knowledge-Based Authoring Tool for Tutoring Multiple Languages -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Architecture of Our System -- Description of the System -- Authoring Domain Knowledge -- Authoring Student Model -- Authoring of Teaching Model -- Case Study for the Instructor -- Case Study for the Student. , Student Modeling and Error Diagnosis -- Modeling the System's Authoring Process -- Conclusions -- References -- Evaluating an Affective e-Learning System Using a Fuzzy Decision Making Method -- Introduction -- Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting -- Overall Description of the System -- Evaluation Experiment -- Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Content Selection in AEHS -- Introduction -- Performance Evaluation Metrics for Decision-Based AEHS -- Evaluation Methodology for Decision-Based AEHS -- Setting Up the Experiments -- Designing the Media Space -- Designing the Learner Model -- Simulating the AM of an AEHS -- Experimental Results and Discussion -- Extracting the AM of existing AEHS -- Scaling Up the Experiments -- Conclusions -- References -- AFOL: Towards a New Intelligent Interactive Programming Language for Children -- Introduction -- General Architecture of the AFOL Programming Environment -- Overview of the AFOL Programming Learning System -- AFOL Language Commands and Object Oriented Structure -- Conclusions -- References -- Multimedia Session Reconfiguration for Mobility-Aware QoS Management: Use Cases and the Functional Model -- Introduction -- Session Reconfiguration and Use Cases -- Functional Model -- Performance Evaluation -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- LSB Steganographic Detection Using Compressive Sensing -- Introduction -- Steganalysis -- Compressive Sensing and BM3D -- The Proposed Method -- Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Analysis of Histogram Descriptor for Image Retrieval in DCT Domain -- Introduction -- Description of the Method -- Pre-processing -- Construction of the AC-Pattern Histogram -- Construction of DC-Pattern Histogram -- Application to Image Retrieval -- Paramaters of Descriptor -- Performance Analysis -- Application to GTF Database. , Application to ORL Database -- Conclusions -- References -- A Representation Model of Images Based on Graphs and Automatic Instantiation of Its Skeletal Configuration -- Introduction -- Related Works -- A Model for Images -- Instantiating the Model -- Experiments -- Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Advice Extraction fromWeb for Providing Prior Information Concerning Outdoor Activities -- Introduction -- Characteristics Analysis of Advices -- The Definition of Advices -- Construction of Development Data -- Characteristics of Advices -- Characteristics of Advices Suitable for Situations -- Prior Advice Acquisition -- Preprocessing -- Advice Acquisition -- Situation Classification of Advices -- Experiment -- Evaluation Data -- Experiment for Acquiring Advices -- Experiment for Classifying Situation of Advices -- Conclusion -- References -- Automatic Composition of Presentation Slides, Based on Semantic Relationships among Slide Components -- Introduction -- Approach -- Document Structure -- Processing Flow -- Slide Editing -- Semantic Relationship -- Editing Operation -- Slide Composition -- Grouping of Slide Components -- Template-Based Slide Composition -- Prototype System -- Component Editing Interface -- Display Interface -- Conclusion -- References -- Sustainable Obsolescence Management - A Conceptual Unified Framework to Form Basis of an Interactive Intelligent Multimedia System -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Sustainability / Sustainable Development -- Obsolescence -- Sustainability versus Obsolescence - Built Environment Context -- Social -- Environmental -- Economic -- Holistic Sustainable Obsolescence Management -- Obsolescence Assessment (OA) -- Obsolescence Reduction (OR) -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Automatic Text Formatting for Social Media Based on Linefeed and Comma Insertion -- Introduction. , Text Formatting by Comma and Linefeed Insertion.