Point Cloud Repair Method via Convex Set Theory

A Green Enrichment Method of Copper, Manganese and Nickel in Water Samples via Cloud Point Extraction

A new, cost-effective, and environmental-friendly cloud point extraction methodology was described for enrichment of copper, manganese and nickel in several water samples. The method involves the complexation of copper, manganese or nickel with 2-amino-6-(1,3-thiazol-2-diazeyl)-phenol at pH 7.0, then extraction into Triton X-114. After dilution of the surfactant-rich phase with acidified methan...

Level Set Equations on Surfaces via the Closest Point Method

Level set methods have been used in a great number of applications in R and R and it is natural to consider extending some of these methods to problems defined on surfaces embedded in R or higher dimensions. In this paper we consider the treatment of level set equations on surfaces via a recent technique for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) on surfaces, the Closest Point Method [RM...

Fixed Point Theory for Almost Convex Functions

Acceleration method for convex optimization over the fixed point set of a nonexpansive mapping

The existing algorithms for solving the convex minimization problem over the fixed point set of a nonexpansive mapping on a Hilbert space are based on algorithmic methods, such as the steepest descent method and conjugate gradient methods, for finding a minimizer of the objective function over the whole space, and attach importance to minimizing the objective function as quickly as possible. Me...

Point Cloud Segmentation to Approximately Convex Surfaces for Fruit Recognition

A fruit recognition approach based on segmenting the point cloud acquired by a 3D camera into approximately convex surfaces is considered. A segmentation approach which transforms a depth image into a triangular mesh and then segments this mesh into approximately convex segments is applied to depth images of fruits on trees. An analysis of the results obtained by this approach is performed with...