This paper presents a vision-based method to estimate the *real motion of a single camera from views of a planar patch. Projective techniques allow to estimate camera motion from pixel space apparent motion without explicit 3-D reconstruction. In addition, the paper will present the HELINSPEC project, the framework where the proposed method has been tested, and will detail some applications in ...

Trust increases team performance in software development teams. Trust among team members is imperative for the success of an Agile project. Trust is, however, affected in distributed teams. We conducted a Grounded Theory study involving 45 Agile practitioners from 28 different software companies in the USA, Western Europe, Australia and India to investigate the techniques for building trust in ...

factor analysis is one of the most advanced multivariate statistical techniques applying to attain a variety of scientific and research goals such as model-building, hypothesis-building lest validation, identifying subtests and development conditions in order to perform the other advanced methods as multiple regression and structural equation models. while there are difficulties and complexitie...

Many innovative techniques and policy measures have been introduced to reduce energy consumption. Despite the high ambitions and societal pressures, the adoption rate of energy measures in office buildings is still low. Using adoption theories this paper provides a framework to analyse the adoption process of energy saving techniques in building processes. This framework is used to analyse the ...

This paper summarize the principles main methods for structural dynamic identification and presents the experiences in using operational modal analysis techniques in Civil Engineering field. Shown black-box modelling of system for describes the input-output relation of the system and given its application to 11 storey reinforced concrete building. The monitoring, experimental details and data-p...

This chapter discusses web usage mining techniques that can be applied for building adaptive hypermedia systems. These techniques are used for uncovering hidden patterns within web access data and then for building the user model that lies in the heart of each adaptive system. Web access data, traditionally stored in the server log files, constitute a rich source of data collected in a non-intr...

The reconstruction of the chronology of historical buildings is a tricky issue, as usually there are not historical documents that allow the assessment of construction phases, and some materials are hardly reliable for the use of dating techniques (e.g., stone). However, in the last two decades, important advances on the use of absolute dating methods on building materials have increased the po...

Architecture and urban design projects are constantly breaking barriers of scale and complexity and continuously seek improved efficiency, sustainability, building energy performance, and cost-effectiveness. Simulation and largescale data processing are now fundamental elements of this process. Recent advances in algorithms and computational power offer the means to address the complex dynamics...

Many innovative techniques and large policy measures have been introduced to reduce energy consumption. Despite the high ambitions and societal pressures, the adoption rate of energy measures is still low. Using adoption theories this paper provides a framework to analyse the adoption process of energy saving techniques in building processes. The stakeholders in the adoption process of energy m...

This paper is to share some experience in designing a practical walkthrough system for indoor environments. We discuss issues from the design of efficient utility programs for building 3D models to the design of a walkthrough engine. Our utility programs allow the creation of the interior of a several storied building in a few man-days. We also propose several rendering speedup techniques imple...