In this paper, we propose a joint face orientation estimation in smart camera networks without having to localize the cameras in advance. The system is composed of in-node coarse ...
Calibrating the parameters of an evolutionary algorithm (EA) is a laborious task. The highly stochastic nature of an EA typically leads to a high variance of the measurements. The ...
Label stream partition is a useful technique to reduce the input I/O cost of holistic twig join by pruning useless streams beforehand. The Prefix Path Stream (PPS) partition scheme...
To reduce cost and time to market of automotive software systems and simultaneously increase the products' quality, the component paradigm has achieved broad acceptance withi...
—This paper studies economic models of user participation incentive in participatory sensing applications. User participation is the most important element in participatory sensi...