: Generic systems for content-based image retrieval (CBIR), such as QBIC [7] cannot be used to solve domain-specific image retrieval problems, as for example, the identification of...
With the development of variable-data-driven digital presses where each document printed is potentially unique there is a need for pre-press optimization to identify material that...
Alexander J. Macdonald, David F. Brailsford, John ...
Although pixel shaders were designed for the creation of programmable rendering effects, they can also be used as generic processing units for vector data. In this paper, attentio...
Wesley De Neve, Dieter Van Rijsselbergen, Charles ...
The steel production of the German company Saarstahl AG, a global respected steel manufacturer, represents a Supply Chain which comprehends several time-critical and highly interf...
Abstract Competition and cooperation can boost the performance of a combinatorial search process. Both can be implemented with a portfolio of algorithms which run in parallel, give...