This paper presents a new way of thinking for IR metric optimization. It is argued that the optimal ranking problem should be factorized into two distinct yet interrelated stages:...
Abstract. Detecting contour closure, i.e., finding a cycle of disconnected contour fragments that separates an object from its background, is an important problem in perceptual gro...
The Resource Description Framework [RDF] provides a basic model to describe relationships between objects. Ultimately, it is intended to permit the representation, combination and ...
—A fundamental challenge of managing mutable data replication in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) system is how to efficiently maintain consistency under various sharing patterns with heter...
This paper presents a systems analysis perspective that extends the traditional process design framework to green process design, green energy and industrial ecology leading to su...