Rethinking Macro Measurement

Macro-level similarity measurement in VizIR

This paper analyzes the similarity measurement in Content-based Image and Video Retrieval systems (CBIR). The goal is to identify preliminaries for successful queries as the basis for the implementation of a query engine in the Content-based Visual Information Retrieval framework (VizIR). VizIR is an open CBIR framework for researchers, software developers and instructors. Past efforts in CBIR ...

Rethinking Software Metrics Rethinking Software Metrics Evaluating Measurement Schemes Cem Kaner on Cem Kaner On

Perhaps the most respected book on measurement in computing, Fenton and Pfleeger’s Software Metrics: A Rigorous and Practical Approach, defines measurement as follows: “Measurement is the process by which numbers or symbols are assigned to attributes of entities in the real world in such a way as to describe them according to clearly defined rules.” The problem with this definition is that ther...

Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Neutrinos with the Macro Detector

The flux of muons induced by atmospheric neutrinos has been measured with the MACRO detector. Different event topologies have been detected, due to neutrino interactions in the apparatus and in the rock below it. The upward-throughgoing muon sample is the larger one and is generated by neutrinos with a peak energy of ∼ 100 GeV . The observed upward-throughgoing muons are 26 % fewer than expecte...

Work on Oneself: Rethinking Authenticity

This article addresses the concept of authenticity, a characteristic of late modern Western culture. This characteristic is viewed by some as an ideal and by others as a root of the problems inherent within Western culture. After discussing various viewpoints, the author supports the idea that authenticity should not be totally accepted or rejected and sets forth a proposal based on the so-call...

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