We reinterpret the structural analysis of Karlin and Scarf and Morton of the standard lost-sales inventory system. This version of the results is, we think, easier to work with than the original. We also recover their bounds on the optimal policy and derive new ones. Then, we show that more variable demand leads to higher cost. Finally, we extend the analysis to several important variations of ...

In realizing video retrieval system, the crucial point is how to provide an effective access method of video contents. This paper focuses on Japanese cooking instruction utterances and describes a method of analyzing structure of them, which leads to a summary of video. We detect a hierarchical structure of video contents by using linguistic and visual information. We found that the integration...

We classify a certain class of minimal actions of a compact Kac algebra with amenable dual on injective factors of type III. Our main technical tools are the structural analysis of type III factors and the theory of canonical extension of endomorphisms introduced by Izumi.

This article performs two types of analysis using Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions for evidential reasoning. The first analysis deals with the impact of the structure of audit evidence on the overall belief at each variable in the network, variables being the account balance to be audited, the related transaction streams, and the associated audit objectives. The second analysis deals ...

An overview of development of high-rise buildings is presented. Key advancements leading to highrise buildings of today are discussed. Structural analysis and design considerations for modern highrise buildings are presented and trends in design of tall buildings of the future are discussed.

various types of expertise and technologies. The St@rt project (Sciences and Technologies for the Artistic, Architectural and Archaeological Tuscan heritage), funded by the region of Tuscany (Italy) for the three year period 2007-2010, aimed at integrating different research and administrative expertise in the field of cultural heritage. The project’s activities focused on the 13th century “Rog...