The main problem addressed in this work is how to confine the set of sequential processes of a disjunctive / conjunctive resource allocation system (D/C-RAS) to a subset of their feasible behaviors while optimizing some performance criterion. We provide a canonical characterization of this problem in the form of a Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) formulation, for the case that the optimized perf...

Three-dimensional animation sequences are often represented by a discrete set of compatible triangle meshes. In order to create the illusion of a smooth motion, a sequence usually consists of a large number of frames. We propose a pre-processing algorithm that considerably reduces the number of frames required to describe the whole animation. Our method is based on Batch Neural Gas [11], a new ...

Thinning operation is a fundamental operation in image processing. It is a typical preprocessing stage for pattern recognition and data compression. In this report we proposed an algorithm that performs thinning operation by using reconfigurable mesh RMESH multiprocessors. The time and space complexities are both O(1) and therefore optimal.

In this paper we approximate large sets of univariate data by piecewise linear functions which interpolate subsets of the data using adaptive thinning strategies Rather than minimize the global error at each removal AT we propose a much cheaper thinning strategy AT which only minimizes errors locally Interestingly the two strategies are equivalent in all our numerical tests and we prove this to...

Two parallel thinning algorithms are presented and evaluated in this article. The two algorithms use two-subiteration approaches: (1) alternatively deleting north and east and then south and west bounda y pixels and (2) alternately applying a thinning operator to one of two subfields. image connectivities are proven to be preserved and the algorithms’ speed and medial curve thinness are compare...

Publications: Parallel Thinning Algorithms Based on Ronse's Sufficient Conditions for Topology Preservation [7], Németh, Gábor [8], and Palágyi Kálmán [9] , Progress in Combinatorial Image Analysis, May 2010, Singapore, p.183 194, (2010) An order-independent sequential thinning algorithm [10], Kardos, Péter [11], Németh Gábor [12], and Palágyi Kálmán [9] , Proceedings of the International Works...

Optimal thinning regimes for achieving several management objectives were derived from two stand-growth simulators by dynamic programming. Residual mean tree volumes were then plotted against stand density on density management diagrams. The results supported the use of density management diagrams for comparing, checking, and implementing the results of optimization analyses. FOREST ScI. 30:82-...

IMPORTANCE Optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings of temporal macular thinning are important in the diagnosis and prognosis of X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS). OBJECTIVES To report OCT findings and severity of temporal macular thinning in a cohort with XLAS and to correlate these and other ocular findings with mutation genotype. DESIGN Patients with XLAS underwent genotyping for COL4A5...

His research interest includes medical image registration, fusion and 3D parallel thinning algorithms. Attila Kuba is the head of the Department of Applied Informatics, JJ ozsef Attila University , Szeged. His research interests are image processing, its applications in medicine, image reconstruction and discrete tomography. Thinning is a frequently used method for extracting skeletons in discr...

We studied the relief of water stress associated with fruit thinning in pear (Pyrus communis L.) trees during drought to determine what mechanisms, other than stomatal adjustment, were involved. Combinations of control irrigation (equal to crop water use less effective rainfall) and deficit irrigation (equal to 20% of control irrigation), fruit load (unthinned and thinned to 40 fruits per tree)...