This paper describes a method for generation of dense stereo ground-truth using a consumer depth sensor such as the Microsoft Kinect. Such ground-truth allows adaptation of stereo algorithms to a specific setting. The method uses a novel residual weighting based on error propagation from image plane measurements to 3D. We use this groundtruth in wide-angle stereo learning by automatically tunin...

background: type ii diabetes is the most prevalent disease with numerous complications. adherence to treatment is an effective role on promoting health outcomes. this study aimed to assess the cognitive adaptation in treatment adherence and its relative factors in coping with disease among type ii diabetic patients. methods: this was a cross-sectional study which was conducted in 2012. study po...

With the rapid growth of indoor wireless communication systems, the need to accurately model radio wave propagation inside the building environments has increased. Many site-specific methods have been proposed for modeling indoor radio channels. Among these methods, the ray tracing algorithm and the finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method are the most popular ones. The ray tracing approach ...

This paper presents a new algorithm for linear text segmentation. It is an adaptation of Affinity Propagation, a state-of-the-art clustering algorithm in the framework of factor graphs. Affinity Propagation for Segmentation, or APS, receives a set of pairwise similarities between data points and produces segment boundaries and segment centres – data points which best describe all other data poi...

in this paper satellite wave propagation at ku and ka band is considered. the design and simulation of a typical satellite beacon receiver at ka band is designed and simulated for the future works. also rain attenuation prediction at ku band using satellite signal beacon measurement and simulations for iran telecommunication research center (itrc) are presented. the measurement setup consists o...

This paper addresses a classification task of pattern recognition by combining effectiveness of evolutionary and gradient descent techniques. We are proposing a hybrid supervised learning approach using real-coded GA and back-propagation to optimize the connection weights of multilayer perceptron. The following learning algorithm overcomes the problems and drawbacks of individual technique by i...

modelling of crack propagation by finite element method under mixed mode conditions is of prime importance in fracture mechanics. this paper describes an application of finite element method to the analysis of mixed mode crack growth in linear elastic fracture mechanics. crack growth process is simulated by an incremental crack-extension analysis based on the maximum principal stress criterion,...

In recent years, particle filters have emerged as a useful tool that enables the application of Bayesian reasoning to problems requiring dynamic state estimation. The efficiency and accuracy of these type of filters are highly dependent on an appropriate propagation of the particles in time. In this paper we present a new method to improve the propagation step of the regular particle filter. Us...

In this paper propagation of combined laser beam through atmosphere is investigated. Laser beam is combined via lens array arrangement. Turbulence is considered as an affecting factor of atmosphere and its effects on transverse coherence length (Fried parameter), peak intensity, propagation efficiency, and spot size of the laser beam is investigated. Coherent and incoherent combined beam are co...