1. JET RECONSTRUCTION AT ATLAS The ATLAS calorimeter is non-compensating. Its calibration may be performed either globally or locally. Global calibration is a top-down technique where hadronic objects from specific physics processes are reconstructed relative to a fixed (global) electromagnetic scale. The weights are subsequently applied to calorimeter layers and individual cells based on the d...

With the development of large-scale hydrologic modeling, computational efficiency is becoming more and more important. Rapid modeling and analysis are needed to deal with emergency environmental disasters. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a popular hydrologic model, which is less applied in large-scale watershed simulation because of its sequential characteristics. For improving the...

Building simulation must be calibrated to fit the customer’s bill before applying energy saving measures. However, existing calibration methods are usually too complex to be included in building simulation software. The author has developed and implemented in DOE2.1E based building simulation software a calibration method which assists the software user in the calibration process using built-in...

The road network is an essential economic factor for the German industry. Until now, the whole horizontal and vertical alignment parameters are not known. To determine these parameters the Technische Universität Dresden has implemented a measurement system which is realised in a mobile mapping vehicle. The car includes the following sensors: Position and orientation system Applanix POS LV 420, ...

the application of a flight simulator with six degree of freedom (6dof)) in design and analysis of rocket systems is essential. the calibration of a 6dof flight simulator is a challenging problem. this paper focuses on the calibration of a flight simulator and intends to answer the following questions: 1) does experimental design have significant impact on calibration quality? if so, which expe...

In this paper, we propose a novel extrinsic calibration method for camera networks by analyzing tracks of pedestrians. First of all, we extract the center lines of walking persons by detecting their heads and feet in the camera images. We propose an easy and accurate method to estimate the 3D positions of the head and feet w.r.t. a local camera coordinate system from these center lines. We also...

The development of sensitive large format imaging arrays for the infrared promises to provide revolutionary capabilities for space astronomy. For example, the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on SIRTF will use four 256× 256 arrays to provide background limited high spatial resolution images of the sky in the 3 to 8 μm spectral region. In order to reach the performance limits possible with this gene...