the oriental beech constitute one third of northern forests area and stocking volume in the north ofiran. these stands obseve in pure and mixed. in order to properly management which guaranteesustained yield, it is crucial to collect basic information including stocking (volume and stem number),tree growth, diameter distribution pattern, diameter-height relationship, diameter-volume relationshi...

BACKGROUND Portion size education tools, aids and interventions can be effective in helping prevent weight gain. However consumers have difficulties in estimating food portion sizes and are confused by inconsistencies in measurement units and terminologies currently used. Visual cues are an important mediator of portion size estimation, but standardized measurement units are required. In the cu...

Accurate characterization of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is crucial for the management of the patient. In this work we present a method for 3-dimensional (3D) velocity estimation and object tracking in sequences of ultrasound volume scans. Velocity estimation is based on motion estimation in 3D with maximum likelihood criteria. Tracking is carried out using a data association method based...

This paper introduces an approach to estimating the test volume and related effort required to perform verification and validation activities on software projects. This approach first uses size measures of functional requirements to estimate this volume, and then effort estimation models based on these test volumes. This estimation approach takes into account other types of non-functional requi...

This work describes the minimum volume enclosing simplex problem, which is known to be a multimodal Global Optimization problem. The problem has been used as a basis to estimate so-called endmember and abundance data in unmixing spectral data of hyperspectral sensors. This estimation problem is a big challenge. We explore the possibility of a new estimation algorithm using the minimum volume en...

In this study, a semi-empirical model that was originally developed for stem volume estimation is used for aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation of a spruce dominated alpine forest. The reference AGB of the available sample plots is calculated from forest inventory data by means of biomass expansion factors. Furthermore, the semi-empirical model is extended by three different canopy transparency...

determining landslide size could be a difficult and expensive task. in this research, size parameters of 142 landslides recognized in tajan river basin, northern iran, have been assessed. the dataset was prepared through the extensive field surveys and using the satellite imagery available via google earth. dependence between landslides area (a-m2), volume (v-m3), and depth (d-m) was appointed ...