Segmentation algorithms are typically evaluated by comparison to an accepted reference standard. The cost of generating accurate reference standards for medical image segmentation can be substantial. Since the study cost and the likelihood of detecting a clinically meaningful difference in accuracy both depend on the size and on the quality of the study reference standard, balancing these trade...

In the state-of-the-art literature on cryptography and control theory, there has been no systematic methodology of constructing cyber–physical systems that can achieve desired performance while being protected against eavesdropping attacks. this article, we tackle challenging problem. We first propose two novel notions referred to as <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:...

innovation and sustainable development have been considered fundamental elements in the competitive positioning of companies. the synergies between both concepts, known as eco-innovation, must be considered when designing company policies. the aim of this paper is to analyse which moderating factors determine how innovative companies perform when implementing a sustainable proactive approach. w...

innovation and sustainable development have been considered fundamental elements in the competitive positioning of companies. the synergies between both concepts, known as eco-innovation, must be considered when designing company policies. the aim of this paper is to analyse which moderating factors determine how innovative companies perform when implementing a sustainable proactive approach...

the work of architecture is believed to depend on the governing thought in the process of architectural designing. this thought can be analyzed, developed, experienced, and interpreted. creativity is the only domineering force in the idea of designing which is in quest for freeing architecture from the routine methods, and also finding the novel systems to answer the questions in architecture. ...

many researchers consider the use of different probes for hybridization assays as suitable for studying the genetic diversity of nitrogen fixing bacteria. in this study for asessing genetic diversity among bradyrhizobium japonicum isolates, two different probes (suca and topa) chosen from the chromosomal genome of bradyrhizobium strain usda 110 were designed, evaluated by dnaman software and im...

in designing a product designers should take in to consideration several factors such as customers’ needs and opinion as well as the designing features and the relationship between these two.since each designer has his own idea, it is worth for both designer and producers to find a way for combining the customer needs and the designing of the product increases with the rate of customer satisfac...

The paper presents a method for designing a production process simulation system using workflow management technique, which consists of three parts: process model, organization resource model and workflow engine. Based on this method, we put forward a production process simulation system structure, and discuss the function of the key modules in detail. At last we present a sample in practical a...

A new covariance matrix estimator useful for designing classifiers with limited training data is developed. In experiments, this estimator achieved higher classification accuracy than the sample covariance matrix and common covariance matrix estimates. In about half of the experiments, it achieved higher accuracy than regularized discriminant analysis, but required much less computation.