Gate volume is an integral part of many algorithms for non-parametric target tracking in clutter. Non-parametric target tracking assumes no a-priori knowledge of clutter measurement density. In the simplest case of a single-target single-state target tracking filter employing a Gaussian approximation, the gate is a hyper-ellipsoid whose volume can be calculated analytically. However, in a multi...

Distance education is now an integral part of offering courses in many institutions. With increasing access to the internet, the importance of distance education will only grow. But, to date, the specific benefits that distance education brings to student learning objectives remain unclear. We first propose a framework that links student performance and satisfaction to the learning environment ...

Several years back, a meeting of the Operations Executive Council in my company was focused on the five-year corporate planning effort then getting underway. At this meeting I distributed a simple framework for classifying, organizing, and analyzing goals and objectives (see the Goals Grid in Figure 1 below). My colleagues saw this framework as very useful and so I was led to present it to a wi...

Professional loggers are key players in the management of the region's forest resource. They are an integral part of a multi-billion dollar wood products industry.ment of the forest resource and help various forest owners meet their myriad objectives. Through a comprehensive, random mail survey of logging fi rms in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, we offer the fi rst-ever study of this...

High-dimensional non-rigid registration of multi-modal data requires similarity measures with two important properties: multi-modality and locality. Unfortunately all commonly used multi-modal similarity measures are inherently global and cannot operate on small image regions. In this paper we propose a new class of multi-modal similarity measures, which are constructed from information of the ...

In this document I will lay out a possible PhD project in Automated Reasoning, discussing the principle objectives, some implementation ideas, and alternative lines of research if unexpected obstacles arise. The aim is that this plan will be sufficiently detailed to serve as proof of concept for the project. The overall project goal is to make it easier to prove theorems of mathematics using an...

    Strategic programming, Complex supply chain, Lean, Production programming, Suppliers selection,   ELECTRE This paper represents a model of strategic programming with limited resources in a complex supply chain. The main goal of the proposed model is to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the supply chain with respect to income increases and cost decreases. Using special objective funct...

One of sheet severe plastic deformation (SPD) operation, namely constrained groove pressing (CGP), is investigated here in order to specify the optimum values for geometrical variables of this process on pure aluminium sheets. With this regard, two different objective functions, i.e. the uniformity in the effective strain distribution and the necessary force per unit weight of the specimen, are...