A finite time multi-persons linear-quadratic differential game (LQDG) with bounded disturbances and uncertainties is considered. When players cannot measure these disturbances and uncertainties, the standard feedback Nash strategies are shown to yield to an "-(or quasi) Nash equilibrium depending on an uncertainty upper bound that confirms the robustness property of such standard strategies. In...

Bullvalene is a structurally unique dynamic molecule thought to interconvert among 1.2 million degenerate isomers. The incorporation of different chemical substituents onto the bullvalene core should lead to a "shape-shifting" molecule that can interconvert among thousands of discrete structural isomers. Previous NMR spectroscopy and HPLC studies on substituted bullvalenes ascertained the fact ...

Shifting to many-core architectures is becoming compulsory for real-time applications demanding intensive computing capabilities. Nonetheless, the gain in performance of many-core architectures does not come for free. In particular, it comes at the cost of predictability and determinism issues. Logical determinism is the property of programs that for the same sequence of inputs always give the ...

Full utilization of multispectral data acquired by whiskbroom and pushbroom imagers requires that the individual channels be registered accurately. Poor registration introduces errors which can be signiicant, especially in high contrast areas such as boundaries between regions. We simulate the acquisition of multispectral imagery in order to estimate the errors that are introduced by co-registr...

Drivable free space information is vital for autonomous vehicles that have to plan evasive maneuvers in realtime. In this paper, we present a new efficient method for environmental free space detection with laser scanner based on 2D occupancy grid maps (OGM) to be used for Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS). Firstly, we introduce an enhanced inverse...

In this paper we are concerned with signal processing of acoustic signals resulting from active transmissions by high frequency sonar systems. These signals consist of structured interference related to propagation e ects in the media, re ections from targets, and measurement noise. The methods herein model these signals as replicas of the transmitted signal, scaled in amplitude and time, and d...

One of the most fundamental properties of the Radon (projection) transform is that shifting of the image results in shifted projections. This useful property relates translational motion in the image to simple displacement in the projections. It is far from clear, however, how more general types of motion in the image domain will be manifested in the projections. In this paper, we present a mod...

This article explores how online multiplayer digital games are used as a venue for the negotiation of intellectual property rights. Recent disputes between players and creators are contributing to both a shift in contemporary notions about the nature and limits of copyright and a growing relationship between virtual leisure and real-world economics. A brief overview of the debate as it has been...

Income inequality in America has increased substantially since the early 1980s. Although several theoretical traditions in sociology suggest an important impact for property and authority relations on changes in income distribution, recent empirical studies have largely ignored the social relations of production, focusing instead on how income distribution is shaped by occupations in the techni...