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CORR
2004
Springer
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An agent-based intelligent environmental monitoring system
Fairly rapid environmental changes call for continuous surveillance and on-line decision making. There are two main areas where IT technologies can be valuable. In this paper we pr...
Ioannis N. Athanasiadis, Pericles A. Mitkas
PPL
2000
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A Parallel Algorithm for Planar Orthogonal Grid Drawings
In this paper we consider the problem of constructing planar orthogonal grid drawings or more simply, layouts of graphs, with the goal of minimizing the number of bends along the ...
Roberto Tamassia, Ioannis G. Tollis, Jeffrey Scott...
GIS
2002
ACM
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Towards an evaluation of quality for names placement methods
The cartographic labeling problem is the problem of placing text on a map. This includes the positioning of the labels, and determining the shape in the case of line and area feat...
Steven van Dijk, Marc J. van Kreveld, Tycho Strijk...
AROBOTS
1999
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A Robotic Excavator for Autonomous Truck Loading
Excavators are used for the rapid removal of soil and other materials in mines, quarries, and construction sites. The automation of these machines offers promise for increasing pro...
Anthony Stentz, John Bares, Sanjiv Singh, Patrick ...
CORR
2008
Springer
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Cross-concordances: terminology mapping and its effectiveness for information retrieval
The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research funded a major terminology mapping initiative, which found its conclusion in 2007. The task of this terminology mapping initi...
Philipp Mayr, Vivien Petras