In this paper, we propose a supervised method for color image classification based on a multilevel sigmoidal neural network (MSNN) model. In this method, images are classified into five categories, i.e., “Car”, “Building”, “Mountain”, “Farm” and “Coast”. This classification is performed without any segmentation processes. To verify the learning capabilities of the proposed method, we compare ou...

We present a method for tracking Maximally Stable Homogeneous Regions (MSHR) in images with an arbitrary number of channels. MSHR are conceptionally very similar to Maximally Stable Extremal Regions (MSER) and Maximally Stable Color Regions (MSCR), but can also be applied to hyperspectral and color images while remaining extremely efficient. The presented approach makes use of the edge-based co...

Despite myths of color-blindness in the Netherlands, Black women are marginalized by mainstream expectations racial and cultural homogeneity. I use Amsterdam Women as a case study to illustrate lived experiences affected this exclusion. In space, freely critique Dutch society through mundane moments truth-telling, venting, joking, which enable individual problems rise community level. explore h...

the mean and variance of the lagrangian katz family of distribution (lkd), the basiclagrangian katz distribution of type i (lkd-i) and type ii (lkd-ii) are provided in an easy method.the recurrence relation between the non-central, central and factorial moments, and the recurrencerelation between moments and cumulants of lkd, lkd-i and lkd-ii are given. the first fourcumulants of lkd-i and lkd-...

Abstract This History of Education Society Presidential Address comes at the society's sixtieth anniversary and provides a new conceptual framework that foregrounds recognizing “racist-blind,” not color-blind, ideology in intentional unequal design our educational past present. It highlights systemic racism brought on by dual pandemic moments COVID-19 global racial unrest, with call to action f...

Automatic extraction of local features from images plays an important role in many computer vision tasks. During the last years, much focus has been put on making the features invariant to geometric transformations such as a rotation and scaling of the image. Recently, some work has been published concerning the integration of color information into the detection and description step of SIFT. I...

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards (or with the North American Stratigraphic Code). Any use of trade, product or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. FIGURE Number Page 1. Comparison of spectral (high uniform reflectivity of one color) and spacial (refle...