Sieve-theoretical methods are one of the first historical examples of theoretical tools whose implementational character has largely contributed to the development of computational musicology. According to Xenakis’ original intuition, we distinguish between elementary transformations of sieves and compound ones. This makes sense if the sieve construction is considered as part of the musical mea...

The computational power has increased dramatically since the appearance of the first computers, making them a vital tool in the analysis of dynamical systems. We present further applications of those two basic ideas, namely interval arithmetic and automatic differentiation, that address the question of the reliability of the results and the difficulty of calculating derivatives. In general, the...

In this paper we discuss how tool-support can be useful for designers who apply task modelling. We focus on how tools can help designers during the development, analysis, and management of task models for cooperative applications. In particular, we introduce how CTTE, a set of tools that we have developed, provides support for the development and analysis of task models of multi-user applicatio...

This volume details state-of-the- art methods on computer-aided antibody design. Chapters guide readers through information sequences.

We present a novel pipeline for computer-aided detection (CAD) of colonic polyps by integrating texture analysis with volume rendering and conformal colon flattening. Using our method, the 3D polyp automatic detection problem is converted into a 2D image analysis problem. The colon surface is first segmented and extracted from the CT data set of the abdomen, which is then mapped to a 2D rectang...

Nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) is a non-invasive imaging technique employed to assess the condition of blood capillaries in the nailfold, and is routinely used for the detection of scleroderma spectral disorders, Raynaud’s phenomenon and other connective tissue diseases. In this chapter, we present computer-aided approaches for capillary inspection, in particular focussing on the tasks of image e...

As computer CPU gets fast, script computing is increasingly popular. Script computing allows a computer program to be executed interpretively without tedious compilation and linking. It can be used for rapid prototyping, embedded scripting, mobile computing, teaching, and learning. Ch is an embeddedable C/C++ interpreter. It execute C/C++ programs as scripts interpretively without compilation. ...