1 This research is sponsored in part by AFOSR (F49620-98-1-0217) and NSF (CCR-9988320). 2 Contact author. ABSTRACT Architectural descriptions of component style and behavior provide powerful predictive capabilities for interoperability conflicts. In this paper, we describe architectural indicators for a first pass interoperability assessment. These indicators form a set that is minimal and real...

The objective of this research is to assess the multitemporal very high resolution single polarization SAR data for urban land cover/land-use mapping using a novel knowledge-based SEM algorithm. Three-date RADARSAT-2 ultra-fine beam SAR data were collected over the rural-urban fringe of Greater Toronto Area. A modified Stochastic Expectation-Maximization (SEM) algorithm which employs an adaptiv...

cities need good, participatory and effective policies and plans for development. urban development plans such as comprehensive plan are the most important tool for implementation of policies and plans. the effective implementation of city development plan requires high level documents such as spatial planning; good macro development plans policies, efficient urban management and public partici...

Solid textures or textures defined over 3d have provided computer graphics with a new set of tools. Using these tools we can obtain effects which were difficult, if not impossible, to obtain with 2d texture mapping methods. These textures are simple to implement using either scan line renderers or ray-tracers. Research in this area has focused on the generation and rendering of these textures w...

This integrative paper studies graph-cut and network flow algorithms on graphs and compares its applications towards solving diverse problems in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics and Machine Learning. The following three papers form the core of this comparative study. • ’An Experimental Comparison of Min-Cut/MaxFlow Algorithms for Energy Minimization in Vision’ by Boykov et.al.[1] reformulates...

Developing realistic 3D models of cities provides designers, planners, the public, and the others with imagery closely coupled with the human expertise. This paper continues on the results of an earlier innovation in the field of texture creation for the construction of Virtually Realistic Model (VRM) of buildings in urban areas. Using a CCD camera mounted on a theodolite the system takes the i...

multiple-choice tests are the most common type of tests used to evaluate medical education.  these tests have long been used in the written format for specialized boards and residency promotion tests in iran and kermanshah university of medical sciences (kums), as well (1). multiple-choice tests are being analyzed using quanti­tative method (test level, difficulty level and discrim­ination leve...

With the introduction of programmable pixel pipelines, graphics features that were once somewhat obscure are now finding additional uses. One example of this is 3D or volumetric textures. While 3D textures have been in high-end graphics hardware for about a decade and appeared in consumer hardware nearly two years ago, few real applications have been created to take advantage of them. The reali...