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MIRRORBOT
2005
Springer
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A Scale Invariant Local Image Descriptor for Visual Homing
A descriptor is presented for characterizing local image patches in a scale invariant manner. The descriptor is biologicallyplausible in that the necessary computations are simple ...
Andrew Vardy, Franz Oppacher
MIS
2005
Springer
118views Multimedia» more  MIS 2005»
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The MX Formalism for Semantic Web Compatible Representation of Music Metadata
Abstract. Music description is nowadays considered an important matter in Information and Communication Technology. The encoding formats commonly accepted and employed are often ch...
Silvana Castano, Alfio Ferrara, Goffredo Haus, Luc...
PCM
2005
Springer
117views Multimedia» more  PCM 2005»
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A Robust Text Segmentation Approach in Complex Background Based on Multiple Constraints
In this paper we propose a robust text segmentation method in complex background. The proposed method first utilizes the K-means algorithm to decompose a detected text block into ...
Libo Fu, Weiqiang Wang, Yaowen Zhan
WDAG
2005
Springer
92views Algorithms» more  WDAG 2005»
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Plausible Clocks with Bounded Inaccuracy
In a distributed system with N processes, time stamps of size N (such as vector clocks) are necessary to accurately track potential causality between events. Plausible clocks are a...
Brad T. Moore, Paolo A. G. Sivilotti
WEA
2005
Springer
91views Algorithms» more  WEA 2005»
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The Necessity of Timekeeping in Adversarial Queueing
We study queueing strategies in the adversarial queueing model. Rather than discussing individual prominent queueing strategies we tackle the issue on a general level and analyze c...
Maik Weinard