the problem of automatic signature recognition has received little attention incomparison with the problem of signature verification, despite its potentialapplications for many business processes and can be used effectively in paperlessoffice projects. this paper presents model-based off-line signature recognition withrotation invariant features. non-linear rotation of signature patterns is one...

In response to the continuously advancing concrete technology, a new prediction model for creep and shrinkage is presented. This model, named B4, builds on the theoretically justified model B3, which is a RILEM recommendation from 1996. Improvements to the model allow for enhanced multi-decade prediction, distinguish between the drying and autogenous shrinkage, and introduce new equations and p...

A new method of feature selection is developed, based on structural similarity. The topological neighborhood information about pairs of objects (or patterns), to partition(s), is taken into consideration while computing a measure of structural similarity. This is termed proximity, and is defined in terms of membership values. Multi-objective evolutionary optimization is employed to arrive at a ...