PEDANT's CORNER

A Pedants Approach to Exponential Smoothing

An approach to exponential smoothing that relies on a linear single source of error state space model is outlined. A maximum likelihood method for the estimation of associated smoothing parameters is developed. Commonly used restrictions on the smoothing parameters are rationalised. Issues surrounding model identi…cation and selection are also considered. It is argued that the proposed revised ...

Corner validation based on extracted corner properties

We developed a method to validate and filter a large set of previously obtained corner points. We derived the necessary relationships between image derivatives and estimates of corner angle, orientation and contrast. Commonly used cornerness measures of the autocorrelation matrix estimates of image derivatives are expressed in terms of these estimated corner properties. A candidate corner is va...

Strongly nil-clean corner rings

We show that if $R$ is a ring with an arbitrary idempotent $e$ such that $eRe$ and $(1-e)R(1-e)$ are both strongly nil-clean rings‎, ‎then $R/J(R)$ is nil-clean‎. ‎In particular‎, ‎under certain additional circumstances‎, ‎$R$ is also nil-clean‎. ‎These results somewhat improves on achievements due to Diesl in J‎. ‎Algebra (2013) and to Koc{s}an-Wang-Zhou in J‎. ‎Pure Appl‎. ‎Algebra (2016)‎. ‎...

Measurements Corner

This paper describes a statistical signal-processing method for exploiting narrowband bistatic RF measurements to detect and track moving people (hereafter referred to as "dismounts"). In our approach, RF measurements are made by a constellation of narrowband radar units, arranged around a surveillance region. There are several benefits of narrowband radar in this application, which we describe...

Radiology corner