We propose a mathematical framework for query selection as a mechanism for reducing the cost of constructing information retrieval test collections. In particular, our mathematica...
Mehdi Hosseini, Ingemar J. Cox, Natasa Milic-Frayl...
Many object surfaces are composed of layers of different physical substances, known as layered surfaces. These surfaces, such as patinas, water colors, and wall paintings, have mo...
Tetsuro Morimoto, Robby Tan, Rei Kawakami, Katsush...
: Development of capital intensive systems, such as offshore oil platforms or other industrial infrastructure, generally requires a significant amount of capital investment under v...
Jijun Lin, Olivier de Weck, Richard de Neufville, ...
Abstract. This essay just sketches my early investigations on the concept of objects which models concurrent activities of mobile entities that interact with each other in space. 1...
Traditionally, the Universal Background Model (UBM) is viewed as the background model of the entire acoustic feature space. We propose a novel interpretation of the UBM model, and...