Latecki et al. introduced the notion of 2D and 3D wellcomposed images, i.e., a class of images free from the “connectivities paradox” of digital topology. Unfortunately natural and synthetic images are not a priori well-composed. In this paper we extend the notion of “digital well-composedness” to nD sets, integer-valued functions (graylevel images), and interval-valued maps. We also prove that...

Excessive alcohol consumption causes 75,000 deaths each year in the United States, and it is the third leading preventable cause of death. Binge drinking accounts for more than half of these deaths (CDC, 2004). Binge drinking is quite prevalent in Korea. According to The Third Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2005, 46.3 % of male adults were heavy drinkers in Korea (Lee...

Machine learning has recently found many applications in aerospace and remote sensing. These applications range from bias correction to retrieval algorithms, from code acceleration to detection of disease in crops. As a broad subfield of artificial intelligence, machine learning is concerned with algorithms and techniques that allow computers to “learn”. The major focus of machine learning is t...

pendence between measurements at different locations. Methods currently in use include kriging, inverse-disSpatial interpolation methods are frequently used to characterize tance weighting, and thin-plate smoothing splines, and patterns in soil properties over various spatial scales provided that the data are abundant and spatially dependent. Establishing these one can use numerous approaches w...

$EVWUDFW Digital image interpolation techniques are frequently used to enlarge pictures, i.e. zooming in, and they are upon increasingly demand for developing product applications using digital still cameras. One common difficulty with conventional interpolation techniques is that of preserving details, i.e. edges, and at the same time smoothing the data for not introducing spurious artifacts. ...

In this proceeding we present the procedure that we have adopted to obtain a dataset of Padova94 tracks (Bressan et al.(1993), Fagotto et al.(1994), Fagotto et al.(1994)) interpolated in metallicity. The procedure requires special care to avoid spurious features in the resulting grid, thus we have subdivided tracks in evolutionary phases, we have chosen the suitable interpolation method and the...

An ink separation algorithm is introduced for printing with 6 to 9 inks. A spectral gamut mapping algorithm is also introduced that projects an input reflectance onto the manifold of the printer spectral gamut space The ink separation, which is finding the best ink combination to reproduce a given reflectance, is done by applying an interpolation between printer gamut points neighboring a proje...

It is virtually impossible to quantify the limnological characteristics of every aquatic ecosystem all the time. The goal of this study was to assess the capacity of lake-monitoring data to predict annually resolved characteristics in systems where measurements are not always made. To address this, we provide an analysis of interpolation (i.e., predicting a current lake characteristic based on ...

An arbitrary renormalizable quantum field theory is considered as finite if its dimensionless couplings conspire to yield at every order of its perturbative expansion no ultraviolet-divergent renormalizations of the physical parameters of the theory. The “finiteness conditions” resulting from these requirements form highly complicated, non-linear systems of relations. A promising type of soluti...

Dr. Márlio Oliveira is a graduate student, Master of Science in Dentistry Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and in the private practice of orthodontics at Rua Mato Grosso, 450 Universal, Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil; e-mail: marlio_ [email protected]. Dr. Pithon is a Professor of Orthodontics, Southwest Bahia State University, Jequié,...