The multidimensional data association methods were developed to establish the relation between plots and tracks especially in dense target situations. However, even these advanced multidimensional data association methods lack in situations of unresolved measurement. Specifically, in real dense target situations being of most interest the phenomena of unresolvedplots happens quite often due to ...

This paper proposes a procedure for comparison of target tracking filters in cluttered environment, using simulated experiments. Important simulation issues, including track generation and retention across simulation runs and true track definition are discussed. False track discrimination is identified as an important target tracking filter performance measure. This measure has two components; ...

Consent ought to be required to withhold treatment that is in a patient's best interests to receive. Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders are examples of best interests assessments at the end of life. Such assessments represent value judgments that cannot be validly ascertained without patient input. If patient input results in that patient dissenting to the DNR order then individual physicians are ...

Phase field and diffuse interface are popular methods for the modeling and simulations of evolving interfaces. They do not track the interface explicitly, and are insensitive to topological events. In some areas of applications, detecting and controlling topological change may be important. In this talk, we discuss some recent works with current and former colleagues at Penn State (C. Liu, R. R...

The nature of both strategic and tactical nuclear weapons and their role as instruments of deterrence require that certain details be revealed to potential adversaries and others shrouded in the greatest degree of secrecy possible. Russian tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) policy is at the very extreme of the ambiguity part of the spectrum, which has put into question whether Russia has a TNW poli...

Calcium Score Use in Isolation in Acute Chest Pain Setting – Is it Sufficient? Tiago Augusto Magalhães,1,2 Marcio Sommer Bittencourt,3,4 Carlos Eduardo Rochitte2,5 Complexo Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná (CHC-UFPR),1 Curitiba, PR; Hospital do Coração – Associação Sanatório Sírio – HCor/SP;2 Hospital Universitário e Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP) – Uni...