To and Fro

To and fro between tableaus and automata for description logics

Elitist identification of stops fro

We present a set of strong cues for stop place of articulation, based upon formant transition slopes. This set complements a first one defined from stop bursts. Strong cues, which identify or eliminate a phonetic feature with certainty (no error is allowed), are not systematically fired. They can be exploited in language learning (cue enhancement) or in ASR to reduce the search space during the...

Constraints for the iscontinuity fro Mot ion

Surface discontinuities are detected in a sequence of images by exploiting physical constraints at early stages in the processing of visual motion. To achieve accurate early discontinuity detection we exploit five physical constraints on the presence of discontinuities: i) the shape of the sum of squared differences (SSD) error surface in the presence of surface discontinuities; G) the change i...

View-independent person identification fro human gait

CA) Based on a three-dimensional (3D) linear model and the Bayesian rule, a method is e to identify human walkers from two-dimensional (2D) motion sequences taken from d viewpoints. Principal component analysis constructs the 3D linear model from a set of represented examples. The sets of coefficients derived from projecting 2D motion se onto the 3D model by means of a maximum a posterior estim...

An Architecture fro Argumentative Dialogue Planning

Argument represents an opportunity for a system to convince a possibly sceptical or resistant audience of the veracity of its own beliefs. This ability is a vital component of rich communication, facilitating explanation, instruction, cooperation and conflict resolution. In this paper, a proposal is presented for the architecture of a system capable of constructing arguments. The design of the ...