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In this work we suggest a model according to which semantics has been already generated during the perception through the interaction of three dynamic levels of perceptual organization. We consider perceptual grouping as the first order processing. Shape formation is considered as the second order processing. Both grouping and shape formation can be considered as two complementary and interrelated...
This paper describes a practical and reliable solution/approach to achieve a semi-automated sewer pipeline inspection. The central goal of this work is to detect faults in the sewer lines which are a potential threat for underground drainage system. The major challenge for sewer line inspection is the classification and interpretation of the image data that are captured mainly by CCTV cameras mounted...
This paper presents the symbol presentation method for Universal Design (UD). Current symbol presentations for UD focus on how to design a simple and perceptible symbol for as many users as possible. As a result, the same symbol is presented to every user and therefore some users with specific attributes (e.g., color-blindness, cultural or physical conditions) can not perceive the symbol appropriately...
The liver is a common site for the occurrence of tumors. Automatic hepatic lesion segmentation is a crucial step for diagnosis and surgery planning. This paper presents a new fully automatic technique to segment the tumors in liver structure with no interaction from user. Contrast enhancement is applied to the slices of segmented liver, then adding each image to itself to have a white image with some...
Optimizing the virtual reality model is a necessity to cope with the nature of the World Wide Web. Virtual reality scenes should load within an acceptable time for the user's experience and the sense of being immersed in the virtual environment is not to be affected. In this study, we propose to optimize web-based virtual reality models by removing redundant objects within the scenes, while keeping...
In business analysis, models are sometimes oversimplified. We pragmatically approach many problems with a single financial objective and include monetary values for non-monetary variables. We enforce constraints which may not be as strict in reality. Based on a case in distributed energy production, we illustrate how we can avoid simplification by modeling multiple objectives, solving it with an NSGA-II...
This paper introduces a novel approach which uses a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) for prediction of systems that are non deterministic, dynamical and chaotic in nature. The HMM is used for shape based batch creation of training data which is then processed one batch at a time by a FIS. The Membership functions and Rule Base of the FIS are tweaked to predict the correct...
One of the most important features of fuzzy set theory is its potential for the modeling of natural language expressions. Most works done on this topic focus on some parts of natural language, mostly those that correspond to the so-called “evaluating linguistic expressions”. We build constraints for the mathematical substitutes of these expressions to mark characteristic limits on an ordered scale...
In this paper we derive novel surface fiducial points that are computed from the differential geometry of the surface. The fiducial intrinsic points are intrinsic, local, and relative invariants, i.e., they are preserved under similarity, affine, and nonlinear transformations that are piecewise affine. As the fiducial points are computed from high order surface shape derivatives, their sensitivity...
Relevance feedback (RFB) involves requesting some user judgments for an initial set of search results and then using these judgments to improve search results. Typical queries may have multiple possible interpretations or facets, only one of which is relevant to a user's need, but top search results may be dominated by one interpretation or facet. Thus, if the user is only given the top results to...
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