ARGUS is a multi-agent visitor identi cation system distributed over several workstations. Human faces are extracted from security camera images by a neuralnetwork-based face detector, and identi ed as frequent visitors by ARENA, a memory-based face recognition system. ARGUS then uses a messaging system to notify hosts that their guests have arrived. An interface agent enables users to submit f...

ARGUS is a multi-agent visitor identification system distributed over several workstations. Human faces are extracted from security camera images by a neuralnetwork-based face detector, and identified as frequent visitors by ARENA, a memory-based face recognition system. ARGUS then uses a messaging system to notify hosts that their guests have arrived. An interface agent enables users to submit...

The Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, is distributed from Brazil throughout the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to approximately North Carolina and Bermuda (Holthius, 1991). It supports major commercial fi sheries in Florida, the Caribbean and Brazil. Commercially, P. argus is especially important to the state of Florida, where the spiny lobster fi shery ranks second only to shrimp in ...

Statistical debugging is a powerful technique for identifying bugs that do not violate programming rules or program invariants. Previously known statistical debugging techniques are offline bug isolation (or localization) techniques. In these techniques, the program dumps data during its execution, which is used by offline statistical analysis to discover differences in passing and failing exec...

In jazz, scat singing is a phonetic improvisation that imitates instrumental sounds. In this paper, we propose a system that aims to transform singing voice into real instrument sounds, extending the possibilities for scat singers. Analysis algorithms in the spectral domain extract voice parameters, which drive the resulting instrument sound. A small database contains real instrument samples th...

We address the problem of simultaneously covering an environment and tracking intruders (SCAT). The problem is translated to the task of covering environments with time-varying density functions under the locational optimization framework. This allows for coupling the basic subtasks: task assignment, coverage, and tracking. A decentralized controller with guaranteed exponential convergence is d...

PURPOSE To present our experience of using an adjustable male sling, Argus® (Promedone SA; Cordoba, Argentina), in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and report its success, extension of indications, and management of complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated Argus implantation results in 17 patients, including 15 post prostatectomy incontinence, one exst...

Models used for resource allocation in eradication programmes must be based on replicated data of known quality and have proven predictive accuracy, or they may provide a false indication of species presence and/or distribution. In the absence of data corroborating the presence of extant foxes Vulpes vulpes in Tasmania, a habitat-specific model based upon mtDNA data (Sarre et al. 2012. Journal ...