Motion-compensated temporal wavelet decomposition is a useful framework for fully scalable video compression schemes. In this paper we propose a new approach to reduce the ghosting artifacts in low-pass temporal subbands; we adaptively weight the update steps according to the energy in the high-pass temporal subbands at the corresponding location. Experimental results show that the proposed alg...

Fuzzy Analysis of Statistical Evidence (FASE) is utilizing the fuzzy set and the statistical theory for solving problems of pattern recognition and/or classification. Several features of FASE are similar to the human judgment. It can evaluate the weight of statistical evidence (information); it can update inference with new information; and it can incorporate missing data. Furthermore, since it...

We design efficient on-line algorithms that predict nearly as well as the best pruning of a planar decision graph. We assume that the graph has no cycles. As in the previous work on decision trees, we implicitly maintain one weight for each of the prunings (exponentially many). The method works for a large class of algorithms that update its weights multiplicatively. It can also be used to desi...

This paper discusses about the stabilization of unknown nonlinear discrete-time fixed state delay systems. The unknown system nonlinearity is approximated by Chebyshev neural network (CNN), and weight update law is presented for approximating the system nonlinearity. Using appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional the stability of the nonlinear system is ensured by the solution of linear matri...

Increasing patient and healthcare system complexity and the need to accurately measure the engagement of clinical nurses (CNs) in holistic, professional nursing practice indicates that an update to the Essentials of Magnetism instrument is needed. The purposes of this research were to critique and weight items, assess the value and psychometric properties of the newly constructed Essential Prof...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common problem in patients with cancer that complicates management and predicts for a worse prognosis. Hence, effective methods to prevent and treat VTE can reduce morbidity and mortality. Low molecular weight heparins have simplified and improved management of VTE and recent studies suggest these agents may improve survival in cancer patients. This review will...

Hair and scalp examination has earned a deserved place in dermatology, the techniques for which can be divided into 3 categories: Non-invasive methods (e.g: questionnaire, general examination, inspection and palpation of the scalp, daily hair counts, standardized wash test, 60-s hair count, global photographs, hair weight, trichoscopy, phototrichogram, trichoscan and polarizing and surface elec...

This paper presents a new neural network based controller design for multivariable systems. The proposed controller is designed using radial basis function (RBF) neural network. Weight update equation using classical least mean square principle is derived for the RBF network. The controller generates optimal control signals abiding by constraints, if any, on the control signals. Simulation resu...

We propose an extension to the notion of one-mode projection, for the case of temporal bipartite graphs. Through a Bayesian iterative update scheme, our method produces an estimate of the one-mode network at each step, by describing each link via probability distributions over i) its presence/absence and ii) weight. Our approach models the statistical significance of each link in the projected ...