In this paper we discuss a methodology for comparing various ray shooting algorithms through a set of experiments performed on a set of scenes. We develop a computational model for ray shooting algorithms, which allows us to map any particular ray shooting algorithm to the computational model. Further, we develop a performance model for ray shooting algorithms, which establishes the corresponde...

The centrifugal shooting type polishing machine is a recently developed apparatus that seeks to improve the efficiency and environment of polishing removable prostheses. In an attempt to optimize the effectiveness of this apparatus, this study examined the influence of the shooting angle of polishing particle on the surface roughness of cobalt-chromium alloy casting specimens. Polishing was per...

In the present investigation, shooting methods are described for numerically solving nonlinear stochastic boundary-value problems. These stochastic shooting methods are analogous to standard shooting methods for numerical solution of ordinary deterministic boundary-value problems. It is shown that the shooting methods provide accurate approximations. An error analysis is performed and computati...

In this paper, we examine optimal path planning for the motion of a wheel which minimizes some combination of time and effort expended. Several techniques are examined but a combination of continuation and multi-dimensional N ewton-Raphson shooting is shown to be effective, within limits.

We present the proof theory and the model theory of a monotonic framework for default reasoning, and we extend logic programming techniques to this framework. Standard for-malizations of default reasoning do not syntactically separate between hard knowledge and conjectural knowledge. Such a separation is fundamental in our framework. To illustrate our approach, we show how it solves the Yale Sh...

Background In routine cardiac MRI (CMRI) practice, radiological technologists are expected to optimize and utilize EKGs in gating and physiological monitoring. Many cardiac sequences are critically dependent on heart rate and rhythm and EKG gating problems lead to poor or nondiagnostic images. The technologist’s syllabus does not routinely include formal EKG recognition or CMRI trouble-shooting...

Coot depredations have been documented in California since 1886, and shooting has been relied on as the principal means of mitigating damage. Immobilizing agents continue to offer promise as useful nonlethal tools for population reduction programs. Exploration of the use of tribromoethanol in coot capture is described, and the potential for other bird management techniques is discussed.

This paper presents a novel shooting algorithm for solving two-point boundary value problems (BVPs) for differential equations of one independent variable. This algorithm includes the following steps: First, a shooting step is performed, in which a guess for the initial condition is made and a forward numerical integration of the differential equation is performed so that an Initial Value Probl...

We show that nonlinear Liouville theorems does not hold in general for indefinite problems on half spaces. Thus, in order to use blow-up method to obtain a priori estimates of indefinite elliptic equations, one has to impose assumptions on the nodal set of nonlinearity. The counter example is constructed by shooting method in one-dimensional case and then extended to higher dimensions.

In the present study, field goal shooting skills of female basketball players were assessed in the background to their reasoning ability. The sample consists of 100 female intercollegiate basketball players (age = 21.05±1.67 yrs.). Shooting skills and reasoning ability were assessed by Johnson’s “Basketball Field Goal Speed Shooting Test” and Mixed Type Group Test of Intelligence prepared by Me...