In this paper we show that efficient object recognition can be obtained by combining informative features with linear classification. The results demonstrate the superiority of informative class-specific features, as compared with generic type features such as wavelets, for the task of object recognition. We show that information rich features can reach optimal performance with simple linear se...

Support for generic programming consists of three essential ingredients: support for overloaded functions, a run-time type representation, and a generic view on data. Different approaches to datatype-generic programming occupy different points in this design space. In this article, we revisit the “Scrap your boilerplate” approach and identify its location within the three-dimensional design spa...

The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. In order to identify sectors supporting a minimum differences approach to generic airspace, traffic patterns in 360 high-altitude sectors were examined for common structural features. These structural features are used as the basis for two approaches to classifying current air ...

This paper is in line with the previous publication on the powdery mildew fungi from Gilan province (Iran). This part deals with two new species to Iran and provides some information on the distribution, host range and morphology of a few other. For generic identification, the authors have followed the generic concepts that have recently been introducd by BRAUN (1999) and BRAUN  and TAKAMATSU (...

We develop a new model that simultaneously captures two principal sources of heterogeneity: variation across segments of consumers and variation across clusters of products. We focus on the recorded music industry as a managerial context, and construct a flexible duration-time model that can be used to capture the dynamic purchase patterns across a broad portfolio of different albums. Our basic...

Before a president practically begins his four-year term of office in Iran, a formal inaugural ceremony is held in the parliament. Being attended by national dignitaries and representatives from other countries, the inauguration of Iran's seventh president, Hasan Rouhani, was spectacular in several respects. The current study aimed at investigating the generic structure and rhetorical moves tha...

Emotion recognition plays a significant role in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) field for effective communication. The aim of this study is to built a generic emotion recognition system to face the challenges of recognition in resolving confusion among acoustical characteristics of emotions, identifying dominating emotion from mixed emotions etc. When there is confusion among the perception of...