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In this paper, we proposed a fuzzy c-means (FCM) cluster based adaptive thresholding segmentation algorithm for color image. The main advantage of this method is that, it does not require a priori knowledge about number of objects in the image. It calculates the threshold values automatically with the help of merging process. The first step of the method is that construct the histograms for each color...
How to optimally configure its service resources is always a key for the service providers to improve efficiency and quality of service. Fail to optimize service capability often causes long queues in many on-site service outlets, for example, retail stores, bank branches or government agencies. A first step to do service capability configuration is to identify and understand customer demand and preference...
Large-scale maximal coverage location problems (MCLP) are quite common in practices, but till now efficient solving methods for them are still quite limited. A new assignment algorithm was proposed in this paper to solve such large-scale MCLPs. In the proposed algorithm, the whole location space is first divided into small regions. Then a heuristic method based on marginal increment was designed to...
Facility location decision is a critical element in strategic planning for a wide range of public sector and business world. Maximal Covering Location Problem (MCLP) is one of the well-known models for facility location problems. Algorithms to optimally solve this kind of practical operational management problem often suffer from the combinatorial explosion when the system size increases. In these...
This paper proposes a new way for robots to acquire human language, improving on imperfections discovered in ELIZA, A.L.I.C.E. and Jabberwacky. A skeletal design plan is drawn up, with rudimental illustrations using simple examples. The idea of this theoretical study is to explore possibilities of building intelligent robots.
Bundled double-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNT and MWNT) are effectively dispersed under a long-time sonication in the presence of polystyrene (PS) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), by the means of non-covalent functionalization. FTIR and Raman reveals an interactions between CNTs and polymers, and the helical wrapping is clearly observed by HRTEM. By dint of template with nanopores and...
Given its importance, facility location has long attracted many research efforts from both the academic and industrial areas. However, due to the cost and privacy issues, researchers usually suffer from the lack of business information which is crucial for the decision makings. Recent years have witnessed the explosion of geographical information systems (GISs), and the spatial information provided...
The objective of this research is to develop an automatic and efficient news video indexing and management system based on the characteristics of the structure of a complete TV news video in Taiwan. We first employed two features which include the Normalized Color Histogram Intersection of Quantized Hue and Edge Exchanging Ratio to detect the shot boundaries and to segment the corresponding shots...
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