In this paper, we introduce and discuss an important class of endeavors of fuzzy modeling, such as fuzzy descriptive models. In a nutshell, the objective of fuzzy descriptive models is to provide with a sound, comprehensible, and relevant description of experimental data at a general level of relationships revealed there. The elements of such models called descriptors are inherently information...

Figure 1.1: What is computer graphics? This course is meant as an introduction to computer graphics, which covers a large body of work. The intention is to give a solid grounding in basic 2D computer graphics and introduce the concepts and some techniques required to implement 3D graphics. In order to achieve as complete an understanding as possible, we investigate the low level methods used in...

There are many disciplines that have well-defined theoretical foundations and techniques for studying human behaviour. One such technique is ethnography which originates from anthropology and sociology. Ethnography is an inductive, qualitative technique suitable for investigating complex human phenomena in an open-ended manner. Results from these studies tend to be descriptive and prosaic. Neit...

We propose a motion vector based Video Content Based Copy Detection (VCBCD) method. One of the signatures of a given video is motion vectors extracted from image sequences. However, when consecutive image frames are used they are not descriptive enough because most vectors are either too small or they appear to scatter in all directions. We calculate motion vectors in a lower frame rate than th...

Knowledge can be expressed in two forms: declarative and procedural. Declarative knowledge describes a set of definitions about the world, while procedural knowledge describes the temporal, spatial and constraint aspects applied within these definitions. Expressing declarative knowledge textually is in some ways difficult to follow, whereas it is virtually impossible to capture all aspects of p...

This paper presents a scheme for classifying the Supply Chain Management (SCM) literature. SCM is broadly defined to include all classical business functions and theoretic management disciplines which impacted this emerging field. Consequently, its literature is very disjoint and disparate. It transcends several academic disciplines and professions. This paper presents a way to define the field...