—Given n discrete random variables = fX1;111; Xng, associated with any subset of f1; 2; 111; ng, there is a joint entropy H(X) where X = fXi:i 2 g. This can be viewed as a f...
A new probabilistic background model based on a Hidden Markov Model is presented. The hidden states of the model enable discrimination between foreground, background and shadow. Th...
Every time a user engaged in work reads or writes, the user spontaneously generates new information needs: to understand the text he or she is reading or to supply more substance ...
David A. Evans, Gregory Grefenstette, Yan Qu, Jame...
In many information networks, data items – such as updates in social networks, news flowing through interconnected RSS feeds and blogs, measurements in sensor networks, route u...
This paper considers trajectory planning problems for autonomous robots in information gathering tasks. The objective of the planning is to maximize the information gathered withi...
Cindy Leung, Shoudong Huang, Ngai Ming Kwok, Gamin...