Recently, realistic image generation using deep neural networks has become a hot topic in machine learning and computer vision. Images can be generated at the pixel level by learning from a large collection of images. Learning to generate colorful cartoon images from black-and-white sketches is not only an interesting research problem, but also a potential application in digital entertainment. ...

In the context of robotics RAP [Robotic Action Painter] demonstrates that machine creativity can be achieved by means of randomness, stigmergy and chromotaxis. RAP’s action painting is based on two distinct behavior modes, the first being essential random and the second reactive or of positive feedback. The initial random color spots functions as a seed for the reactive mode emergent compositio...

Creative systems as opposed to standard evolutionary systems favor exploration over optimization, finding innovative or novel solutions over a preconceived notion of a specific optimal solution. The best creative evolutionary systems only provide tools, allowing the evolutionary process to discover novelty and innovation on its own. We experiment with computer creativity by employing and modify...

The slow-coloring game is played by Lister and Painter on a graph G. On each round, Lister marks a nonempty subset M of the remaining vertices, scoring |M | points. Painter then gives a color to a subset of M that is independent in G. The game ends when all vertices are colored. Painter’s goal is to minimize the total score; Lister seeks to maximize it. The score that each player can guarantee ...

PERSONALITY INFLUENCES CUSTOMER LOYALTY Introduction The major objective of this study was to examine the relationship between personality traits and individual Customer Loyalty patterns among mobile phone and credit card users. The study under review has various distinctive features. Earlier research was directed towards establishing a relationship between individual personality traits and buy...

this research was conducted in the west forest of guilan, northern iran. data from various harvesting methods for 20 years were collected. results showed that, productivity rate of round wood, pulp wood and fuel wood has had an upward trend, while rate of traditional products (lumber, sawn wood, charcoal, etc.) has had a downward trend. production cost has been investigated in this research. th...

The figurative painter accesses very complex levels of knowledge. To produce a painting requires, first, a deep analysis of the image of the reality and, afterwards, the study of the reconstruction of this reality. This is not about a process of copying, but a process of the comprehension of the concepts that appear in the representation. The drawing guides us in the process of the production o...

This article focuses on Guercino’s Return of the Prodigal Son, commissioned in name Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi and his marketing choices. is a case study terms self-promotion tactics employed by an ambitious artist. My argument that one finds painting secondary more sophisticated level interpretation, which relates to relationship between painter patron. To most traditional iconography scene,...