1,798 Result(s)
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Tracking Rain Cells in Radar Images using Multilayer Neural Networks
Very short-term forecasting of rainfall amounts on small watersheds can be achieved by extrapolating the advection of rain cells perceived as “echoes” on weather radar images. Pattern recognition oriented appr...
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Generating algorithm for quasi-full Steiner tree
In this paper, the notion of quasi-full Steiner tree (QFST) is introduced which is an extension of full Steiner tree (FST). We discuss some properties of QFST,and present a generating algorithm for obtaining a...
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A Neural Controller for Single-Leg Substrate-Finding: A First Step Toward Agile Locomotion in Insects and Robots
Insect walking has long been a subject of investigation for neurobiologists interested in rhythmic behaviors (review: Delcomyn, 1985). To date most research on insect locomotion had focused on the problem of p...
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Multistability and Metastability in Perceptual and Brain Dynamics
In this paper we demonstrate that vision, speech and language may exhibit self-organizing dynamic properties including transitions between perceptual states, multistability, instability, and hysteresis. Theses...
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An application of hierarchical knowledge integration in hand-written form processing
In this paper, we present a Hierarchical Interactive Reasoning approach for hand-written form processing, and describe an application of this approach to a prototype form processing system. A priori domain kno...
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A new nonlinear shape normalization method for off-line handwritten Chinese character recognition
How to correct the shape variations of handwritten Chinese characters is very important in off-line handwritten Chinese character recognition. In order to get rid of shape variations and reduce within-category...
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Combinatorial coarse classification method for OLCCR
This paper presents a new coarse classification method based on combination of two independent approaches for on-line Chinese character recognition (OLCCR). Through introducing a feedback control provided by t...
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Evaluation and application of recognition confidence in OCR
Recognition confidence plays an important role in the selection of rejection threshold and the combination of multiple classifiers. In this paper, we first present a systematic theory on classifier's confidenc...
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A Dialogue Module at the Conceptual Product Design Stage through Genetic Algorithm
Conceptual product design involves a series of the designer’s creative thinking processes and consecutive communication with other disciplines are required in this stage to reach a final solution. During this ...
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VideoVR: A Real-Time System for Automatically Constructing Panoramic Images from Video Clips
An authoring system is proposed to construct panoramic images of real-world scenes from video clips automatically. Instead of using special hardware such as fish-eye lens, our method is less hardware-intensive...
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Image Pattern Recognition Based on Examples— A Combined Statistical and Structural-Syntactic Approach
An application of combined statistical and structural-syntactic approach in Chinese character recognition is presented. The algorithm adopts a structural representation for Chinese characters, but in the class...
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Digital City Shanghai: Towards Integrated Information & Service Environment
This paper aims to describe Digital City Shanghai (DCSH), which was designed to be an integrated information & service environment for everyday life. Section 1 provides a background of Shanghai. Section 2 discuss...
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Non-linear Prediction of Vibration Series for Turbogenerator Unit
A model for predicting vibration series of turbogenerator unit is proposed by combining ANNs techniques with non-linear phase space reconstruction. Such established model doesn’t make any hypothesis to history...
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O2PC-MT: A Novel Optimistic Two-Phase Commit Protocol for Mobile Transactions
Advances in computer and telecommunication technologies have made mobile computing a reality. In mobile computing environment, users can perform on-line transaction processing independent of their physical loc...
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Modeling of Facial Expressions Using NURBS Curves
This paper describes a new NURBS-based method for facial modeling and animation. NURBS curves are constructed to correspond with the facial anatomy, and the vertices on the facial model are geometrically assoc...
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An Improved Usage-Based Ranking
A good ranking is critical to gain a positive searching experience. With usage data collected from past searching activities, it could be improved from current approaches which are largely based on text or lin...
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Association Rule Mining on Remotely Sensed Images Using P-trees
Association Rule Mining, originally proposed for market basket data, has potential applications in many areas. Remote Sensed Imagery (RSI) data is one of the promising application areas. Extracting interesting...
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k-nearest Neighbor Classification on Spatial Data Streams Using P-trees
Classification of spatial data streams is crucial, since the training dataset changes often. Building a new classifier each time can be very costly with most techniques. In this situation, k-nearest neighbor (KNN...
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Weather Forecasting System Based on Satellite Imageries Using Neuro-fuzzy Techniques
We have built an automated Satellite Images Forecasting System with Neuro-Fuzzy techniques. Firstly, Subtractive Clustering is applied on to a satellite image to extract the locations of the clouds. This is follo...
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Correcting Word Segmentation and Part-of-Speech Tagging Errors for Chinese Named Entity Recognition
In the exploration of Chinese named entity recognition for a specific domain, the authors found that the errors caused during word segmentation and part-of-speech (POS) tagging have obstructed the improvement ...