We present the first potential function for pairing heaps with linear range. This implies that the runtime of a short sequence of operations is faster than previously known. It is also simpler than the only other potential function known to give amortized constant amortized time

Features automatically extracted from images constitute a new and rich source of semantic knowledge that can complement information extracted from text. The convergence between visionand text-based information can be exploited in scenarios where the two modalities must be combined to solve a target task (e.g., generating verbal descriptions of images, or finding the right images to illustrate a...

This paper provide a structured analysis of US Supreme Court Oral Hearings to enable identification of the relevant issues, factors and facts that can be used to construct a test to resolve a case. Our analysis involves the production of what we term ‘argument component trees’ (ACTs) in which the issues, facts and factors, and the relationship between these, are made explicit. We show how such ...

due to the explosive growth of the world-wide web, automatictext summarization has become an essential tool for web users. in this paperwe present a novel approach for creating text summaries. using fuzzy logicand word-net, our model extracts the most relevant sentences from an originaldocument. the approach utilizes fuzzy measures and inference on theextracted textual information from the docu...

metric (mapping evapotranspiration at high resolution with internalized calibration) is known as an appropriate surface energy balance model for the estimation of the spatial distribution of evapotranspiration (et) in semi-arid regions. based on lysimeter measurements, metric has shown et estimates of 10% on a sub-field scale on a daily basis. there is a need to identify how the model is sensit...

one of the most important issues in the plant layout design especially in mass production organizations with high inter-plant logistics is‘material flow and inter-plant traffic analysis and its effects on the production capabilities or pauses in production lines. in this paper the inter-plant traffic analysis issue on the basis of single channel queue model (m/m/1) is analyzed in a carmaker c...

introduction: systems-based practice (sbp) is one of the six competencies introduced by the acgme for physicians to provide high quality of care and also the most challenging of them in performance, training, and evaluation of medical students. this concept analysis clarifies the concept of sbp by identifying its components to make it possible to differentiate it from other similar concepts. fo...

in this paper the optimal design of a dissipator made of aluminium and steel and principallysubjected to shear forces and the preliminary results of the characterization tests are described.the device has been designed on the basis of an optimization procedure with the objective tomaximize the energy dissipated in the device. the response of a 3d frame equipped with thedevice and subjected to 7...