Although constructed for researchers to share news and information, Usenet quickly developed into a social environment with varied styles of interactions. Unfortunately, the browsers developed to view the shared messages fail to effectively convey the rich social features of a newsgroup, let alone all of Usenet. The goal of our research is to use the salient features of social interaction to bu...

Abstract The increasing availability of large data sets has initiated a resurgence in artificial intelligence (AI) research. Today AI is integrated into wide variety so-called smart products to personalize user experiences. Smart technologies are typically designed for ease use, with their complex underlying procedures (intentionally) obfuscated; explaining particular outcomes hampered by inher...

As in printed matter, black text on white background is the most legible color combination on small computer screens

An automatic classification scheme of on-line handwritten signatures is presented. A Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) with a hidden layer is used as classifier, and two different signature classes are considered, namely: legible and non-legible name. Signatures are represented considering different feature subsets obtained from global information. Mahalanobis distance is used to rank the parameters ...

When friction ridge detail is examined using the ACE-V methodology, examiners’ documentation shall be such that another qualified examiner can determine what was done and interpret the data. Documentation shall be made at or near the time of the examination and may be in the form of annotated images, narratives, worksheets, annotated legible copies, sketches, [etc.]...Although all examinations ...

De lo Oculto a Legible en el Diseño de la Estética los Concept Cars GM Estados Unidos entre 1945 y 1965 es una investigación enfoque cualitativo que estudia praxis diseñadores desde caracterización su hacer, pensar producto para hacer legible cómo se produce diseño estética del objeto reflexionar agencia con relación contexto operación.

How to design a city more legible is one of the main problems in urban design. To define the parameters that are crucial in designing legible cities is the main debate of this article. The research methodology was studying mental maps of the city dwellers and comparing the group image of the city with the pattern of continuity of salient elements and integration of the urban axes using Space Sy...