The task of object viewpoint estimation has been a challenge since the early days of computer vision. To estimate the viewpoint (or pose) of an object, people have mostly looked at object intrinsic features, such as shape or appearance. Surprisingly, informative features provided by other, extrinsic elements in the scene, have so far mostly been ignored. At the same time, contextual cues have b...

a comprehensive assessment of drought environmental and socio-economic impacts provides critical information to rational decisions supporting drought mitigation policies and programs. the objectives of this study were to survey environmental and socio-economic impacts of drought in guilan province, and prioritize them from the viewpoint of paddy farmers. this study was a descriptive-correlation...

background: correct statistical data plays a significant role in evaluating the performance of an organization. managers are mainly expected to use the results of statistical analysis and statisticians are assumed to collect, analyze and interpret the data. this study is aimed at investigating the causes of statistical inconsistencies from the viewpoint of managers and statisticians in centers ...

This paper proposes several algorithms for selecting viewpoints, based on information quantities, which provide representative views expressing a whole feature of 3D object. By defining a novel information quantity of Fechner type based on Fechner’s law in psychophysics, we introduce shape information quantities depend on an area of face and depend on a length and sharpness of edge line in a po...

A comprehensive assessment of drought environmental and socio-economic impacts provides critical information to rational decisions supporting drought mitigation policies and programs. The objectives of this study were to survey environmental and socio-economic impacts of drought in Guilan Province, and prioritize them from the viewpoint of paddy farmers. This study was a descriptive-correlation...