Multimedia Retrieval that Works

Multimedia information retrieval has been a challenging problem due to the diversity and size of multimedia data along with difficulty of expressing desired queries. This paper highlights key points of multimedia retrieval approaches that work. After providing discussion on the success of multimedia information retrieval, the paper analyzes the problem of retrieval challenge (i.e., the capability of retrieving every multimedia object) and proposes page-oriented precision as an alternative evaluation measure for the performance of multimedia information systems.