In this paper, we propose an analytical and methodological comparison between two of the most known distance-based methods in the evaluation of the geographic concentration of economic activity. These two methods are Ripley’s K function, a cumulative function popularised by Marcon and Puech (2003) that counts the average number of neighbours of each point within a circle of a given radius, and ...

Frame imperfection, non-response and unequal selection probabilities always affect survey results. In order to compensate for the effects of these problems, Devill and Särndal (1992) introduced a family of estimators called calibration estimators. In these estimators we look for weights that have minimum distance with design weights based on a distance function and satisfy calibration equa...

Precision-Recall is one of the main metrics for evaluating content-based image retrieval techniques. However, it does not provide an ample perception of the properties of an image dataset immerse in a metric space. In this work, we describe an alternative metric named H-Metric, which is determined along a sequence of controlled modifications the image dataset. The process is named homogenizatio...

In this paper, lossy compression of 3D MR images of the human brain is associated with a segmentation algorithm, in the context of an interactive brain sulci delineation application. Innuence of compression losses is analyzed according to the segmentation results. Lossy compression is performed by subband coding leading to a multiresolution representation of the image. Wavelets are adapted for ...

lipase from candida antarctica, fixed on macroporous acrylic resin, has been used for the intermediate production of mono- and diolein by hydrolysis of triolein. the effect of altering concentrations of triolein and glycerol and the function of the molecular sieve on the hydrolysis reaction of triolein were investigated. the highest hydrolysis yield was observed for the utmost concentration of ...

It is doubtless that intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) theory plays an increasingly important role in solving the problems under uncertain situation. As one of the most critical members in the theory, distance measure is widely used in many aspects. Nevertheless, it is a pity that part of the existing distance measures has some drawbacks in practical significance and accuracy. To make up for their...

By identifying the effect of any parameter such as distance, attenuation and scattering on the Line Spread Function (LSF), one can compensate the quantitative and qualitative destructive effect of such parameters by deconvolution method. Using a 99mTC line source, this study was performed on a single head ADAC SPECT system operating in planar mode. Variation of FWTM and FWHM and LSFs as a...