As of today, the three basic models of full text that seemed to be lining up a year ago have become a reality. This paper looks at each model in detail, with particular emphasis on the challenges they face. This paper traces the development of World Wide Web Robots and provides an overview of their main functions and workings. In the concluding section, problems associated with the use of Web Robots and their implications for electronic publishing will be examined. Nowadays, applications dealing with information extracted from images are commonplace.
Information extracted from images is usually complex and high dimensional.
A new way to classify and match low-level features extracted from images, for retrieval purposes, is presented in this paper. This set of alogrithms is used to solve the problem of low performance when retrieving previously catalogued images. As always we have only skimmed the surface of relevant articles this week and only those that are particularly relevant for Asia-Pacific managers. Many other articles are available as well including those focusing on other countries and international perspectives.