In this paper, we present a framework for analyzing video using selfsimilarity. Video scenes are located by analyzing inter-frame similarity matrices. The approach is flexible to the choice of both feature parametrization and similarity measure and it is robust because the data is used to model itself. We present the approach and its application to shot boundary detection.

The technology behind random access analysers involves flexible optical systems which can measure absorbances for one reaction at different scheduled times, and for several reactions performed simultaneously at different wavelengths. Optics control involves light sources (continuous and flash mode), indexing of monochromatic filters, injection-moulded plastic cuvettes, optical fibres, and polyc...

We produce multilayer graphene by the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method at atmospheric pressure and 1000 ̊C, using flexible copper substrates as catalyst and liquid hexane as the source of carbon. We designed an optical device to measure the transmittance of the carbon films; with this information we calculate that the approximate number of layers is 11.

In this paper, we develop an importance sampling method with the help of flexible control on the Lévy measure in the density transformation. The method has significant efficacy even on evaluating random variables with complex path-dependent structures. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate convergence acceleration through variance reduction with a view towards financial derivatives pri...

Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) provide a flexible method for representing protein sequence data. Highly divergent data require a more complex approach to HMM generation than previously demonstrated. We describe a strategy of motif anchoring and sub-class modeling that aids in the construction of more informative HMMs as determined by a new algorithm called a stability measure.

A flexible-joint robot manipulator is a complex system because it is nonlinear, multivariable, highly coupled along with joint flexibility and uncertainty. To overcome flexibility, several methods have been proposed based on flexible model. This paper presents a novel method for controlling flexible-joint robot manipulators. A novel control law is presented by compensating flexibility to form a...