In this work we consider a very general principle for fuzzy rule interpolation methods based on an interpretation of the generalized modus ponens rule in terms of closeness relations. Then we present two particular instances of the general principle when the closeness relations are defined from parametric families of similarity fuzzy relations on the input and output spaces. The case of multipl...

In this paper, we present a novel index, called the Generalized Control Number (GCTN ), which evaluates the closeness of a given non-singular configuration of a hexapod with UCU-legs to the next singularity. The GCTN is invariant with respect to similarity transformations (choice of units) and under Euclidean motions of the reference frame (choice of fixed frame). Moreover, this index indicates...

Mining the distribution pattern and evolution of the airport noise from the airport noise data and the geographic information of the monitoring points is of great significance for the scientific and rational governance of airport noise pollution problem. However, most of the traditional clustering methods are based on the closeness of space location or the similarity of non-spatial features, wh...

On social networks, while nodes bear rich aŠributes, we o‰en lack the ‘semantics’ of why each link is formed– and thus we are missing the ‘road signs’ to navigate and organize the complex social universe. How to identify relationship semantics without labels? Founded on the prevalent homophily principle, we propose the novel problem of Aˆribute-based Relationship Pro€ling (ARP), to pro€le the c...

We introduces an efficient intra-field deinterlacing algorithm while considering both closeness and similarity between the interpolated pixel and the neighbor pixels. Instead of estimating the edge orientations via limited candidate directions as previous intra-field deinterlacing methods, we propose an adaptive spatial locality-and similarity-based deinterlacing method. Many deinterlacing meth...

To understand the effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs; e.g., texting, instant messaging) on conversational processes and socioemotional well-being, researchers have often relied on experimental designs in which unfamiliar adults engage in relatively superficial conversations. This paradigm limits our understanding of ICTs, as individuals rely primarily on ICTs to convers...

Recently Boldi and Vigna proposed axioms that would characterize good notions of centrality. We study a random-walk version of closeness centrality and prove that is satisfies Boldi-Vigna axioms for non-directed graphs.

Genome profiling (GP), a genotype based technology, which exploits random PCR and temperature gradient gel electrophoresis, has been successful in identification/classification of organisms. In this technology, spiddos (Species identification dots) and PaSS (Pattern similarity score) were employed for measuring the closeness (or distance) between genomes. Based on the closeness (PaSS), we can b...