Recent efforts to develop a universal view of complex networks have created both excitement and confusion about the way in which knowledge of network structure can be used to understand, control, or design system behavior. This paper offers perspective on the emerging field of “network science” in three ways. First, it briefly summarizes the origins, methodological approaches, and most celebrat...

Object detection is one of the major challenges in visual sensor networks (VSNs) which is set up in the monitoring applications. Many approaches proposed to solve the object detection problem in VSNs, considering diverse metrics such as reliability, energy consumption, detection accuracy and being realtime. In this paper, a survey on the object detection methods in visual sensor networks is pre...

Data fusion is the combination of the results of independent searches on a document collection into one single output result set. It has been shown that this can greatly improve retrieval effectiveness over that of the individual results. This paper compares some major data fusion and system selection techniques by experimenting on TREC ad hoc collections.

Sheet music and audio recordings represent and describe music on different semantic levels. Sheet music describes abstract high-level parameters such as notes, keys, measures, or repeats in a visual form. Because of its explicitness and compactness, most musicologists discuss and analyze the meaning of music on the basis of sheet music. On the contrary, most people enjoy music by listening to a...

Non-destructive analysis of fiber dispersion in structural elements made of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) and Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites (FRCCs) plays a significant role in the framework of quality control and performance prediction. In this paper, the research activity of the authors in the aforementioned field all over the last lustrum will be reviewed. A method based on the m...

This paper deals with R&D priority setting. It advocates for the introduction of strategic capital budgeting methodologies that will unite the hitherto largely independent processes of strategic planning and capital budgeting. Significant advances in economics and finance theory regarding valuing derivative securities, such as futures and options, and in computing power over the past twenty yea...

Complex information technologies (CITs), such as ERP packages, have become the core component of modern organizations. Corporate investments in CITs have soared to a record high. Firms need to creatively apply the technologies in order to adapt to the ever-changing environments and realize the full potential of the technologies. We approach this issue from the perspective of ‘Innovate with IT’,...

employee performance appraisal is one of the most powerful tools for measuring various figures in human resource management. this will eventually help employees to recognize their, and their weaknesses. this research investigates the validity of performance appraisal system for the iranian customs department using the singer model. the research method is descriptive and is based on survey study...