Semantic Queries with Pictures: The VIMSYS Model
Summary: VIMSYS introduces a layered object-oriented/functional model for retrieving whole images or regions through semantic pictorial objects with incomplete and similarity-based queries. A knowledge module guides iterative query refinement and supports compositional semantic objects, alongside specialized access-structure designs. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Amarnath Gupta (Indian Statistical Institute)
- 2. Terry Weymouth (University of Michigan)
- 3. Ramesh Jain (University of Michigan)
BibTeX Citation
@article{gupta_vldb91,
title = {{Semantic Queries with Pictures: The VIMSYS Model}},
author = {Gupta, Amarnath and Weymouth, Terry and Jain, Ramesh},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '91},
pages = {69},
year = {1991}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 3 of 3 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,518 | A Temporal Evolutionary Object-Oriented Data Model and Its Query Language for Medical Image Management | 1992 | VLDB | 6.0970061e-05 |
| 7,504 | Reasoning about Spatial Relationships in Picture Retrieval Systems | 1994 | VLDB | 5.5074425e-05 |
| 13,304 | Similarity based Retrieval of Pictures Using Indices on Spatial Relationships | 1995 | VLDB | 4.9793485e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 7 of 7 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 759 | O2, an Object-Oriented Data Model | 1988 | SIGMOD | 0.00014164131 |
| 965 | The Buddy-Tree: An Efficient and Robust Access Method for Spatial Data Base Systems | 1990 | VLDB | 0.00012809362 |
| 1,253 | A Model of Queries for Object-Oriented Databases | 1989 | VLDB | 0.00011336027 |
| 1,903 | The LSD tree: spatial access to multidimensional point and non-point objects | 1989 | VLDB | 9.4032472e-05 |
| 2,149 | The Time Index: An Access Structure for Temporal Data | 1990 | VLDB | 8.9552337e-05 |
| 4,501 | Query Processing for Distance Metrics | 1990 | VLDB | 6.5741203e-05 |
| 6,602 | Research Directions in Object-Oriented Database Systems | 1990 | PODS | 5.7397128e-05 |
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