The next generation backbone networks, optical IP/MPLS networks, enable increasingly higher volumes of information to be transported. In this network architecture, a fiber failure can result in a loss of several terabits of data per second and leads to multiple failures in the upper network layer. Thus, the ability of the network to maintain an acceptable level of reliability has become crucial...

Most traditional image retrieval approaches are based on text surrounding images and fail to capture the content information of the images. These approaches are able to satisfy the present demands. To overcome the limitations of previous approaches, in this paper, we propose a new image retrieval method based on probability similarity learning which is able to exploit probabilistic distribution...

In this paper, we present a probabilistic control architecture, which has been built around the concept of probabilistic decision making. By utilizing partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) on an abstract level, the system is able to deal with imperfect multi-modal perception and stochastic environment dynamics in real world settings. By compiling POMDP models from structured, ...

Language and thought dysfunction are central to the schizophrenia syndrome. They are evident in the major symptoms of psychosis itself, particularly as disorganized language output (positive thought disorder) and auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), and they also manifest as abnormalities in both high-level semantic and contextual processing and low-level perception. However, the literatures ...

In this paper we present an Algebraic Language which allows us to describe probabilistic and non-deterministic processes as well as to evaluate index performances: PPNAL (Performance Probabilistic and Non-deterministic Algebraic Language). We also analyse the Alternating Bit Protocol by using this language, showing the average time to send a message , taking into account that channels may fail ...