We combine classical concepts from different disciplines — those of α-hull and α-shape from computational geometry, splitting data into training and test sets from artificial intelligence, density-based spatial clustering from data mining, and moving average from time series analysis — to develop a robust algorithm for reconstructing the shape of a curve from noisy samples. The novelty of our a...

For a connected graph G with at least two vertices and S a subset of vertices, the convex hull [S]G is the smallest convex set containing S. The hull number h(G) is the minimum cardinality among the subsets S of V (G) with [S]G = V (G). Upper bound for the hull number of strong product G⊠H of two graphs G and H is obtainted. Improved upper bounds are obtained for some class of strong product gr...

The problem of finding the digital convex fuzzy hull of a digital fuzzy set, whose support is made of some digital points (centroids) in Z, is considered here. A region is DL−convex if, for any two pixels belonging to it, there exists a digital straight line between them, all of whose pixels belong to the region. An algorithm how to compute the DL−convex hull of a digital region is described. A...

Many algorithms for both identifying and reconstructing a 3-D object are based on the 2-D silhouettes of the object. In general, identifying a nonconvex object using a silhouettebased approach implies neglecting some features of its surface as identification clues. The same features cannot be reconstructed by volume intersection techniques using multiple silhouettes of the object. This paper ad...

The research presented in this thesis is targeted towards obtaining high quality novel views of a dynamic scene using video from multiple wide-baseline views, with free-viewpoint video as the main application goal. The research has led to several novel contributions to the 3D reconstruction computer vision literature. The first novel contribution of this work is the exact view-dependent visual ...

the aim of this study was investigating the effect of gamma irradiation and naoh treatment of some agricultural by products (tomato pulp, orange pulp, pistachio hull and wheat straw) on fermentation parameters and gas production test. treatments of gamma irradiation (50, 100 and 200 kgy) and %5 naoh was done on each source of by products. the results showed that gamma irradiation at the dose of...

Adam R. Nicholls is with the Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, UK. John L. Perry is with the Department of Sport, Health, and Nutrition, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, UK. Leigh Jones is with the School of Health and Social Science, University of Wales, Newport, Wales. Dave Morley is with the Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK. Fraser Carson i...

Depth and visual hulls are useful for quick reconstruction and rendering of a 3D object based on a number of reference views. However, for many scenes, especially multi-object, these hulls may contain significant artifacts known as phantom geometry. In depth hulls the phantom geometry appears behind the scene objects in regions occluded from all the reference views. In visual hulls the phantom ...

This study examines the feasibility of designing high-speed ships with hull-form geometry suitable for planked construction, with the aim of reducing the hull construction cost. An algorithm is developed for placing prismatic planks on to a three-dimensional hull form to represent a planked construction. A number of well-known hull forms are examined using the algorithm developed in order to as...

Convex and concave hulls are useful concepts for a wide variety of application areas, such as pattern recognition, image processing, statistics, and classification tasks. Concave hull performs better than convex hull, but it is difficult to formulate and few algorithms are suggested. Especially, an n-dimensional concave hull is more difficult than a 2or 3dimensional one. In this paper, we propo...