Manual fingerprint classification algorithms are very time consuming, and usually not accurate. Fast and accurate fingerprint classification is essential to each AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System). This paper investigates a fingerprint classification algorithm that reduces the complexity and costs associated with the fingerprint identification procedure. A new structural algorit...

We present an improved implementation of the Wagner-Whitin algorithm for economic lot-sizing problems based on the planning-horizon theorem and the Economic- Part-Period concept. The proposed method of this paper reduces the burden of the computations significantly in two different cases. We first assume there is no backlogging and inventory holding and set-up costs are fixed. The second model ...

Sorting is a commonly used operation in computer science. In addition to its main job of arranging lists or arrays in sequence, sorting is often also required to facilitate some other operation such as searching, merging and normalization or used as an intermediate operation in other operations. A sorting algorithm consists of comparison, swap, and assignment operations[1-3]. There are several ...

We recently introduced SPOC (Spatial Processing: Optimized and Constrained) [1] as an innovative replacement for the spatial spectrum estimation traditionally done by beamformers. This work extends the method described in [1] by improving the formalism and presenting results with at-sea sonar data. Beamforming has traditionally been performed by conventional (CBF) or adaptive (ABF) processing. ...

The proposed technique deals with jigsaw puzzles and takes advantage of both geometrical and color features. It is considered that an image is being divided into pieces. The shape of these pieces is not predefined, yet the background’s color is. The whole method concerns a recurrent algorithm, which initially, finds the most important corner points around the contour of a piece, afterwards perf...

© Annals of Joint. All rights reserved. Ann Joint 2017;2:23 aoj.amegroups.com Muscle weakness and decreased functional capacity are common after knee surgery. Recovery duration and success strongly depend on post-surgery rehabilitation. Although neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) therapy has been used for more than 30 years for muscle rehabilitation and strengthening after orthopedic s...

manual fingerprint classification algorithms are very time consuming, and usually not accurate. fast and accurate fingerprint classification is essential to each afis (automatic fingerprint identification system). this paper investigates a fingerprint classification algorithm that reduces the complexity and costs associated with the fingerprint identification procedure. a new structural algorit...

Previento is an operational forecast system which provides a prediction of the expected power output for a time horizon up to 48 hours. It is based on an physical approach with input from a large scale weather prediction model like Lokalmodell of the German Weather Service. In this paper we focus on the forecast of power output of regional distributed wind farms. Due to spatial smoothing effect...

Appraisal Floor Plan Sketch (AFPS) as a simplified architectural floor plan shows the bird's eye view of a building's spatial arrangement. An efficient automated vectorization system of AFPS not only fulfills AFPS's preservation and dissemination purposes but also helps extract the building's geometric information, which can be used to create 3D models of the building and improve building energ...