title: Multimedia analysis + visual analytics = multimedia analytics.
abstract: To deal with the extent and variety of digital media, researchers are combining multimedia analysis and visual analytics to form the new field of multimedia analytics. This article gives some historical background, discusses surveys of related research, describes initial multimedia analytics research, and reports on benchmark datasets.
authors.forename: N A
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authors.lastname: Chinchor
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Christel
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authors.lastname: Ribarsky