Two-dimensional (2-D) spatially varying convolutional filters for three-dimensional (3-D) depth extrapolation are efficiently designed and implemented by using McClellan transformations. Although efficient, McClellan transformations only approximate circularly symmetric depth extrapolation filters. The accuracy of the extrapolation filters can be increased only at an increase in the computation...

Many linear operator equations are defined on regions which are invariant under a group Γ of symmetry transformations. If in addition, the linear operator is equivariant with respect to Γ and if a discretization is made which respects the equivariance, the original discretized problem can be decomposed into a collection of much smaller problems, and a significant reduction of computational cost...

The paper investigates the notion of Pareto-Nash equilibrium as continuation of the works [2–4]. Problems and basic theoretical results are exposed. Method of intersection of graphs of best response mappings [3] is applied to solve the dyadic two-criteria games. Mathematics Subject Classification 2000: 91A05, 91A06, 91A10, 91A43, 91A44.

Abstract: We address the problem of deriving Pareto optimal solutions of multiple objective optimization problems with predetermined upper bounds on trade-offs. As shown, this can be achieved by a linear transformation of objective functions. Each non-diagonal element of the transformation matrix is related to a bound on the trade-off between a pair of the objective functions.

plant tissue culture techniques are used as basic requirement of common plant transformation systems. in most cases of plant transformation, a reproducible regeneration protocol is the limiting step due to long time lasting, specialized facilities and well experienced persons. furthermore, tissue culture procedures induce somaclonal variation among regenerated transgenic plants. therefore, rece...

An efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation method was successfully established for a newly isolated Taxol-producing fungus, Ozonium sp EFY21. A specific hygromycin B resistance expression vector, pCAMBIA1304'AN7-1, was constructed for fungal transformation. Key factors affecting transformation efficiency were thoroughly investigated and optimized. PCR amplification a...

BACKGROUND A goal for the food industry has always been to improve strains of Lactococcus lactis and stabilize beneficial traits. Genetic engineering is used extensively for manipulating this lactic acid bacterium, while electropolation is the most widely used technique for introducing foreign DNA into cells. The efficiency of electrotransformation depends on the level of electropermealization ...

Jahanshahloo et al. (Appl Math Comput 153:215–224, 2004) propose a method for ranking extremely efficient decision making units (DMUs) in data envelopment analysis (DEA) using super-efficiency technique and l1-norm and they show that the presented method is able to eliminate the existing difficulties in some methods. This paper suggests an alternative transformation to convert the nonlinear mod...