Aim Maps of species richness are the basis for applied research and conservation planning as well as for theoretical research investigating patterns of richness and the processes shaping these patterns. The method used to create a richness map could influence the results of such studies, but differences between these methods have been insufficiently evaluated. We investigate how different metho...

In addition to the capability to navigate from a point of origin to a given goal and avoiding all static and dynamic obstacles, a mobile robot must posses another two competencies: map building and localization in order to be useful. A mobile robot acquires information of its environment via the process of map building. Map building for mobile robots are commonly divided into occupancy grid and...

The original Self-Organizing Feature Map (SOFM) has been extended in many ways to suit different goals and application domains. However, the topologies of the map lattice that we can found in literature are nearly always square or, more rarely, hexagonal. In this paper we study alternative grid topologies, which are derived from the geometrical theory of tessellations. Experimental results are ...

The assignment of atomic charges to a regular computational grid and the interpolation of forces from the grid back to the original atomic positions are crucial steps in a multigrid approach to the calculation of molecular forces. For purposes of grid assignment, atomic charges are modeled as truncated Gaussian distributions. The charge assignment and back interpolation methods are currently bo...

In this paper we define a function R(P ) which is defined for any polygon P and which maps a given polygon P into a number from the interval (0, 1]. The number R(P ) can be used as an estimate of the rectilinearity of P . The mapping R(P ) has the following desirable properties: – any polygon P has the estimated rectilinearity R(P ) which is a number from (0, 1]; – R(P )=1 if and only if P is a...

We present algorithms that allow an intelligent system to dynamically convert between two representations of spatial occupancy, namely, certainty grids and object boundary curves. These algorithms can be used to accomplish many real-time tasks of a mobile robot such as mapping, navigation, object recognition, and robot localization. For conversion from certainty grid to object boundaries, an ed...

This paper reports on a study exploring the cognition of executives regarding business-IT alignment. The project uses a cognitive mapping technique, known as the repertory grid, to explore the nature of the social dimension of alignment and its relationship to the intellectual dimension. The primary aims of this paper are to discuss the application and the contributions of the repertory grid to...

the territory of serbia is vulnerable to various types of natural hazards and the risk is not equal across the entire territory; it varies depending on the type of hazard and the expected potential for damage. the first aim of this research was to determine the geographical distributions of the major types of natural hazards. seismic hazards, landslides, rock falls, floods, torrential floods...