We present an approach to function-based object recognition that reasons about the functionality of an object’s intuitive parts. We extend the popular “recognition b y parts” shape recognition framework to support “recognition by functional parts”, b y combining a set of functional primitives and their relations with a sel of abstract volumetric shape primitives and their relations. Previous ap...

It is shown that the wave function describes the state of the statistical ensemble E [S] of individual particles, or the statistical average particle 〈S〉. This result follows from the fact that in the classical limit h̄ = 0 the Schrödinger equation turns to the dynamic equations for the statistical ensemble of classical particles. The idea that the wave function describes the state of an individ...

1. Introduction The Swahili object marker (OM) is a verbal prefix that agrees with an object of the verb. In Swahili there is no semantic or lexical class of objects for which object marking is obligatory, nor is there any class for which it is impossible. The numerous earlier studies of the object marker have discovered no hard and fast rules for its distribution. Its usage has been found to c...

This paper presents a new approach to the tracking of multiple objects in CCTV surveillance using a combination of simple neural cost functions based on SelfOrganizing Maps, and a greedy assignment algorithm. Using a reference standard data set and an exhaustive search algorithm for benchmarking, we show that the cost function plays the most significant role in realizing high levels of performa...

Behavioral research suggests that Westerners focus more on objects, whereas East Asians attend more to relationships and contexts. We evaluated the neural basis for these cultural differences in an event-related fMRI study. East Asian and American participants incidentally encoded pictures of (1) a target object alone, (2) a background scene with no discernable target object, and (3) a distinct...

OBJECTIVE The presence of working memory deficits suggests abnormalities of prefrontal cortex (PFC) in schizophrenia. Although much is known about spatial working memory deficits in schizophrenia, including its potential as a phenotypic marker, it is unclear whether object working memory is similarly affected. Our goal was to examine nonspatial, object working memory function in relation to cli...

Function point analysis( FPA) was proposed to help measure the size of software system and has been widely used in the actual software developnient. However, it has been reported t,hat since function point counting involves judgment on the part of the counter, some difference for the same product would be caused even in the same organization. This paper describes an actual experience of applyin...

ing Process-to-Function Relations in Concurrent Object-Oriented Applications ? Cristina Videira Lopes ?? , Karl J. Lieberherr College of Computer Science Northeastern University Cullinane Hall Boston, MA 02115, USA email: fcrista, [email protected] Abstract. This paper presents a programming model for concurrent object-oriented applications by which concurrency issues are abstracted and separ...