SP-Octrees (Space-Partition Octrees) allow a multiresolution representation of polyhedral objects, and have been successfully used in progressive transmission. Nonetheless, the SP-Octree is a solid modeling structure, intended to solve problems as solid intersections and point inclusion tests. At intermediate levels of the SP-Octree, the visualization is a rough approximation of the object due ...

This work approaches the texture segmentation problem by incorporating Gibbs sampler (i.e., the combination of Markov random .elds and simulated annealing) and a region-merging process within a multiresolution structure with “high class resolution and low boundary resolution” at high levels and “low class resolution and high boundary resolution” at lower ones. As the algorithm descends the mult...

In this paper we introduce a block-classified bidirectional motion compensation scheme for our previously developed wavelet-based video codec [24,25], where multiresolution motion estimation is performed in the wavelet domain. The frame classification structure described in this paper is similar to that used in the MPEG standard. Specifically, the I-frames are intraframe coded, the P-frames are...

Average Motion Energy (AME) image is a good way to describe human motions. However, it has to face the computation efficiency problem with the increasing number of database templates. In this paper, we propose a histogram-based approach to improve the computation efficiency. We convert the human action/gait recognition problem to a histogram matching problem. In order to speed up the recognitio...

Detecting community structure in real-world networks is a challenging problem. Recently, it has been shown that the resolution of methods based on optimizing a modularity measure or a corresponding energy function is limited; communities with sizes below some threshold remain unresolved. One possibility to go around this problem is to vary the threshold by using a tuning parameter, and investig...

The limitations of commonly used separable extensions of one-dimensional transforms, such as the Fourier and wavelet transforms, in capturing the geometry of image edges are well known.A ―true‖ two dimensional transform that can capture the intrinsic geometrical structure that is key in visual information. The main challenge in exploring geometry in images comes from the discrete nature of the ...

At present, there is very limited information on the ecology, distribution, and structure of Cambodia's tree species to warrant suitable conservation measures. The aim of this study was to assess various methods of analysis of aerial imagery for characterization of the forest mensuration variables (i.e., tree height and crown width) of selected tree species found in the forested region around t...

In a virtual sculpture project, we would like to sculpt in real-time 3D objects sampled in volume elements (voxels). The drawback of this kind of representation is that a very huge number of voxels is required to represent large and detailed objects. Consequently, the memory cost will be very large and the user/object interaction will be slowed down. We proposed a multiresolution representation...