for fr$acute{mathbf{text{e}}}$chet algebras $(a, (p_n))$ and $(b, (q_n))$, a linear map $t:arightarrow b$ is textit{almost multiplicative} with respect to $(p_n)$ and $(q_n)$, if there exists $varepsilongeq 0$ such that $q_n(tab - ta tb)leq varepsilon p_n(a) p_n(b),$ for all $n in mathbb{n}$, $a, b in a$, and it is called textit{weakly almost multiplicative} with respect to $(p_n)$ and $(q_n)$,...

The main challenge of tracking articulated structures like hands is their many degrees of freedom (DOFs). A realistic 3-D model of the human hand has at least 26 DOFs. The arsenal of tracking approaches that can track such structures fast and reliably is still very small. This paper proposes a tracker based on stochastic meta-descent (SMD) for optimisations in such highdimensional state spaces....

for fr$acute{mathbf{text{e}}}$chet algebras $(a, (p_n))$ and $(b, (q_n))$, a linear map $t:arightarrow b$ is textit{almost multiplicative} with respect to $(p_n)$ and $(q_n)$, if there exists $varepsilongeq 0$ such that $q_n(tab - ta tb)leq varepsilon p_n(a) p_n(b),$ for all $n in mathbb{n}$, $a, b in a$, and it is called textit{weakly almost multiplicative} with respect to $(p_n)$ and $(q_n)$,...

Two important means of acquiring 3D models of real world scenes and objects are range scanners and stereovision systems. The first approach is usua lly implemented through laser-range mapping techniques, which result in dense depth maps, with relatively high accuracy. On the other hand, stereo methods reconstruct the scene geometry by finding corresponding points in two or more images, then tri...

This paper presents a methodology for integrating features within the occupancy grid (OG) framework. The OG maps provide a dense representation of the environment. In particular they give information for every range measurement projected onto a grid. However independence assumptions between cells during updates as well as not considering sonar models lead to inconsistent maps, which may also le...