BACKGROUND The kinship2 package is restructured from the previous kinship package. Existing features are now enhanced and new features added for handling pedigree objects. METHODS Pedigree plotting features have been updated to display features on complex pedigrees while adhering to pedigree plotting standards. Kinship matrices can now be calculated for the X chromosome. Other methods have be...

In this paper we describe algorithms for automatic object hierarchy construction. We also describe a set of properties that hierarchies must possess to be considered optimal. Based on knowledge from existing algorithms we develop and evaluate a Branch and Bound construction algorithm that searches for good hierarchies, but due to computation time, not the globally optimal hierarchy. The algorit...

This paper presents a program for structural synthesis -conception and design work-of the multiple fixture devices in the machine-tool structure. This program was created according to the principles of object-oriented programming. The program is also built upon two fundamental principles which characterize the evolution of the systems: the combination and the selection. The basic structural ele...

Although the World Wide Web contains a tremendous amount of information, the lack of uniform structure makes finding the right knowledge difficult. A solution is to turn the Web into a “virtual database” and to access it through natural language. We built Omnibase, a system that integrates heterogeneous data sources using an object– property–value model. With the help of Omnibase, our Start nat...

In this paper, we propose a method for image compression in which currently developed vision technologies are incorporated with traditional transform-based coding methods. Based on newly developed vision technologies, we present two coding-oriented inpainting methods: structure-aware inpainting and object-based inpainting. Examples show the effectiveness of these inpainting methods on informati...

The GOODLY language can be used to specify the design of systems built according to the Object Oriented paradigm. It was conceived with the main purpose of facilitating the extraction of MOOD2 design metrics, an extension of the original MOOD set [Abreu94]. It allows expressing the most relevant design information for that purpose, such as the class structure with corresponding inheritance rela...

Isa bey tekke does not exist any more in Sarajevo. This valuable cultural heritage object was completely destroyed and a gasoline station was built in its place. Virtual reconstruction has recovered the appearance of the building, but not what was happening inside. The Mevlevi dervish ritual was presented using interactive computer animation. The goal of this paper is to explore the perception ...

The live-wire approach is an interactive, contour-based segmentation technique. Generally, the contour of a targeted object (anatomical structure) is built by interactively selecting control points and finding minimal-cost paths between them. By its very nature, this method is applicable only to 2D images. For the segmentation of 3D datasets (volumes), the interactive generation of live-wire co...

Early discovery of civil structure crack facilitates timely treatment, such as repair, reinforcement and grouting. The image processing – based rapid accurate detection method for brings important research value. In view complicated construction site project complex diversified structure, existing cannot realize geometric measurement accurately. Therefore, this article researches the real-time ...

This position paper is based on work recovering architectures from object-oriented systems in the context of the FAMOOS Esprit project. Our experience corroborates the existence of aspects that cross-cut the functionality of a software system. However, when examining how the problems arising from such a situation are dealt with in Ada where the language has built-in support for concurrency and ...