annihilation or reduction of each kind of noise blended in correct data signals is a field that has attracted many researchers. it is a fact that fuzzy theory presents full capability in this field. fuzzy filters are often strong in smoothing corrupted signals, whereas they have simple structures. in this paper, a new powerful yet simple fuzzy procedure is introduced for sharpness reduction in ...

Sustainability has been identified as an emerging business megatrend that companies across the spectrum need to respond to. Companies in the manufacturing industry have also increased their efforts in this direction. However, the efforts for improving the efficiency of manufacturing processes vary widely across the industry and may vary even within different locations of a large manufacturing o...

A high-precision and low-cost micro-CMM (coordinate measuring machine) is under development. The expected measuring range is 25 × 25 × 10 mm3 and the resolution is 1 nm. In order to enhance the structural accuracy, some new ideas are integrated into the design, such as the arch-shape bridge for better stiffness and thermal accuracy, and the co-planar stage for less Abbe error. The linear diffra...

Texture analysis based on the extraction of contrast features is very effective in terms of both computational complexity and discrimination capability. In this framework, max -min approaches have been proposed in the past as a simple and powerful tool to characterize a statistical texture. In the present work, a method is proposed that allows exploiting the potential of max-min approaches to e...

Automatically searching for media clips in large heterogeneous datasets is an inherently difficult challenge, and nearly impossibly so when searching across distinct media types (e.g. finding audio clips that match an image). In this paper we introduce the exploitation of identity grounding for enabling this cross media search and exploration capability. Through the use of grounding we leverage...

Background Myocardial tissue differentiation applying Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) offers the capability to detect myocardial injury already in preserved ejection fraction. Detection of edema is a unique capability of CMR. Conventional T2 imaging suffers from technical challenges related to diseases specific issues like tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and pericardial effusion. T2-ma...

Differential SAR interferometry with ERS data has a high potential for surface displacement mapping in the mm to m range. Such displacement information is of interest for the monitoring of phenomena as land subsidence, land slides, earthquakes, volcano swelling, and ice motion. In this contribution the maturity and operational readiness of the SAR interferometric technique are discussed, focusi...

Projects combining agile methods with CMMI combine adaptability with predictability to better serve large customer needs. The introduction of Scrum at Systematic, a CMMI Level 5 company, doubled productivity and cut defects by 40% compared to waterfall projects in 2006 by focusing on early testing and time to fix builds. Systematic institutionalized Scrum across all projects and used data drive...