In this paper, we present an automatic algorithm to estimate the orientation of multiple images with respect to terrestrial laser data. The proposed algorithm takes advantage of both conventional single-view and multi-view registration approaches. The algorithm consists of three steps. In the first step, intensity images are generated from the terrestrial laser data with intensity information, ...

this short literature review argues that the resource-based view (rbv) school of strategic management has recently become of increased interest to scholars of healthcare organizations. rbv links well to the broader interest in more effective knowledge mobilization (km) in healthcare. the paper outlines and discusses key concepts, texts and authors from the rbv tradition and gives recent example...

the challenge of mobilizing knowledge to improve patient care, population health and ensure effective use of resources is an enduring one in healthcare systems across the world. this commentary reflects on an earlier paper by ferlie and colleagues that proposes the resource-based view (rbv) of the firm as a useful theoretical lens through which to study knowledge mobilization in healthcare. spe...

There are different solutions to resource allocation problems in Resource Management Systems (RMS). One of the most sophisticated ways to solve these problems is an adjustment to Quality-of-Service (QoS) settings during runtime. These settings affect the trade-off between the resource usage and the quality of the services the executed tasks create. But, to be able to determine the optimal react...

In this paper, we show that the L2 optimal solutions to most real multiple view L2 triangulation problems can be efficiently obtained by two-stage Newton-like iterative methods, while the difficulty of such problems mainly lies in how to verify the L2 optimality. Such a working two-stage bundle adjustment approach features the following three aspects: first, the algorithm is initialized by symm...

Risk adjustment refers to the practice of paying health plans a premium per person (or per family) based on a formula using risk adjusters, such as age or gender, and weights on those adjusters. One role of risk adjustment is to make sure plans have an incentive to accept all potential enrollees. Another role, at least as important in our view, is to lead health plans to choose the efficient le...

In this paper, we present a model based on utility functions and pricing for resource allocation in the downlink of DS-CDMA systems carrying elastic traffic, where power and data rate are controllable resources. The goal of our model is to achieve the social optimal resource allocation via the adjustment of resource price, which is similar to the market model in microeconomics. According to whe...