Functionality-based recognition systems recognize objects at the category level by reasoning about how well the objects support the expected function. Such systems naturally assoc...
In recent years, many researchers are studying object categorization problem. It is reported that bag of keypoints approach which is based on local features without topological in...
This paper introduces the notions of mask and multiple format for setting up a progressive access to information in an Information System. Masks consist of more or less complete r...
We present the design and analysis of a customized access method for the content-based image retrieval system, Blobworld. Using the amdb access method analysis tool, we analyzed t...
Maritime assets such as merchant and navy ships, ports, and harbors, are targets of terrorist attacks as evidenced by the USS Cole bombing. Conventional methods of securing maritim...