quantitative analysis of production through evaluation of inputs consumption quantity is of main principles in agricultural policies, which is followed by increasing in production through optimal use of resources. this study has been conducted to estimate different types of production functions in mechanized farms of broiler chicks located in gorgan city. cross-section survey data were gathered...

This paper introduces a first approach to emotion recognition using RAMSES, the UPC’s speech recognition system. The approach is based on standard speech recognition technology using hidden semi-continuous Markov models. Both the selection of low level features and the design of the recognition system are addressed. Results are given on speaker dependent emotion recognition using the Spanish co...

Emerging mobile applications rely upon knowing a user’s location. A (geospatial) position is a low-level conception of location. A place is a high-level, user-centric conception of location that corresponds to a well-delineated set of positions. Place recognition deals with how to identify a place. Traditional place-recognition approaches (1) presuppose manual tuning of place parameters; (2) li...

This paper describes the MSRA-USTC-SJTU experiments for TRECVID 2007. We performed the experiments in high-level feature extraction and automatic search tasks. For high-level feature extraction, we investigated the benefit of unlabeled data by semi-supervised learning, and the multi-layer (ML) multi-instance (MI) relation embedded in video by MLMI kernel, as well as the correlations between con...

We show that a compact feasible set of a standard semi-infinite optimization problem can be approximated arbitrarily well by a level set of a single smooth function with certain regularity properties. This function is constructed as the mollification of the lower level optimal value function. Moreover, we use correspondences between KarushKuhn-Tucker points of the original and the smoothed prob...

neric mapping framework at the schema level to address the problem of schema interoperability Providing a formalism for developing a generic, extensible, and semi-automated mapping A semi-automatic tool for schema mapping. at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he founded the database group. on Clio, the first semi-automatic tool for heterogeneous schema mapping. Keywords: data integ...

Abstract Sexism, a permeate form of oppression, causes profound suffering through various manifestations. Given the increasing number experiences sexism shared online, categorizing these recollections automatically can support battle against sexism, since it promote successful evaluations by gender studies researchers and government representatives engaged in policy making. In this paper, we ex...

In this paper, we will study optimality conditions of semi-infinite programs and generalized semi-infinite programs, for which the gradient objective function when evaluated at any feasible direction for the linearized constraint set is non-negative. We consider three types of penalty functions for semi-infinite program and investigate the relationship among the exactness of these penalty funct...