Recent dynamics in the business world and the tough environment of globalization put enormous pressure on enterprises to be innovative. As a consequence, management concepts and I...
In this paper, a fast motion estimation algorithm for variable block-size by using a motion vector merging procedure is proposed for H.264. The motion vectors of adjacent small bl...
—H.264 video coding standard adopts different coding schemes like variable block sizes and multiple reference frames for motion estimation. Hence, H.264/AVC provides gains in com...
This paper proposes a new method for programming and controlling distributed tasks. Applications declare behavior patterns that are used to automatically predict and reserve resou...
Dealing with dependability requirements is a complex task for stakeholders and analysts as many different aspects of a system must be taken into account at the same time: services...
Paolo Donzelli, Daniel Hirschbach, Victor R. Basil...