In this report, we present details about the participation of WHUSUM in the guided summarization track at TAC 2011. Guided summarization task requires participants to produce short, coherent summaries of news articles with the guidance of predefined categories and aspects for each category. This year, we extended our query-focused update summarization system with aspect related information. In ...

Guided summarization is an extension of query-focused multidocument summarization. We proposed a novel ranking algorithm, Topic Guided Manifold Ranking with Sink Points (TMSP) for guided summarization tasks of TAC2010. TMSP is a topic extended version of Manifold Ranking with Sink Points (MRSP), which handles the Update Summarization tasks of TAC2009 well. We adopt the TMSP and MRSP methods to ...

we compare two approaches for a markovian model in flexible manufacturing systems (fmss) using monte carlo simulation. the model which is a development of fazlollahtabar and saidi-mehrabad (2013), considers two features of automated flexible manufacturing systems equipped with automated guided vehicle (agv) namely, the reliability of machines and the reliability of agvs in a multiple agv jobsho...

automatic road extraction from aerial images can be very helpful in traffic control and vehicle guidance systems. most of the road detection approaches are based on image segmentation algorithms. color-based segmentation is very sensitive to light changes and consequently the change of weather condition affects the recognition rate of road detection systems. in order to reduce the light change ...

In simple terms, Automatic Vehicle Number Plate Recognition System (AVNPRS) can be described as a computer vision image processing technology. This technology captures images of vehicles and recognizes their number plates. As the world is becoming more sophisticated on each new day, security well management transportation system have become vital aspect in controlled places. Such places include...