Spectral manifold learning techniques have recently found extensive applications in machine vision. The common strategy of spectral algorithms for manifold learning is exploiting the local relationships in a symmetric adjacency graph, which is typically constructed using -nearest neighborhood ( -NN) criterion. In this paper, with our focus on locally linear embedding as a powerful and well-know...

Akaike’s criterion is often used to test composite hypotheses; for example to determine the order of a priori unknown Auto-Regressive and/or Moving Average models. Objections are formulated against Akaike’s criterion and some modifications are proposed. The application of the theory leads to a general technique for AR-model order estimation based on testing pairs of composite hypotheses. This t...

Searching an image for the occurrence of a pattern or a template is an essential step in a number of image processing applications. We propose a new multiresolution matching criterion based on the generalized log likelihood ratio. We also developed a multiscale search technique which facilitates finding the best solution by searching a small subset of the entire set of possible template locatio...

The aim of the study is to propose an integrated encrypting, encoding, forwarding and online alert scheme with a decentralized scattered code such that a secure distributed and forward storage system is formulated. The distributed data forwarded storage system supports secure and robust data storage and retrieval and also lets a user forward his data among storage servers to another user withou...

Talon cusp is a common dental anomaly affecting maxillary central incisors. Gradual grinding of this additional cusp is commonly followed now. Advocated below is a new technique explaining the use of air abrasion and putty index during the stepwise reduction of the cusp. The technique is advantageous in preventing patient discomfort and tracking the amount of reduction in a predictable way.

Two solutions to design a thin annular disc of variable thickness subject to thermomechanical loading are proposed. It is assumed that the thickness of the disc is everywhere sufficiently small for the stresses to be averaged through the thickness. The state of stress is plane. The initiation of plastic yielding is controlled by Mises yield criterion. The design criterion for one of the solutio...

In order to investigate the impact of microstructures and deformation mechanisms on the ductility of materials, the criterion first proposed by Rice is applied to elastic-plastic tangent moduli derived from a large strain micromechanical model combined with a self-consistent scale transition technique. This approach takes into account several microstructural aspects for polycrystalline aggregat...