Recentworkinbehavioralanimationhastakenimpressivestepstowardautonomous,self-animating charactersforuseinproductionanimationandcomputergames.Itremainsdif?cult,however,to direct autonomouscharacterstoperformspeci?ctasks.Toaddressthisproblem,weexploret
In this thesis, the optical communication systems for millimeter-scale sensing and communication devises known as “Smart Dust” are described and analyzed. A smart dust element is a self-contained sensing and communication system that can be combined
Mathematics of Digital Images - Creation, Compression, Restoration, Recognition; by S. G. Hoggar (Cambridge, 2006) Compression, restoration and recognition are three of the key components of digital imaging. The mathematics needed to understand and
Preface xiii List of abbreviations xv A guide to the book xxiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The vision of Ambient Intelligence 1 1.2 Application examples 3 1.3 Types of applications 6 1.4 Challenges for WSNs 7 1.4.1 Characteristic requirements 7 1.4.2 Requ
Applied Iterative Methods is a self-contained treatise suitable as both a reference and a graduate-level textbook in the area of iterative algorithms. It is the first book to combine subjects such as optimization, convex analysis, and approximation
FuturICT foundations are social science, complex systems science, and ICT. The main concerns and challenges in the science of complex systems in the context of FuturICT are laid out in this pa- per with special emphasis on the Complex Systems route
Presents recent significant and rapid development in the field of 2D and 3D image analysis 2D and 3D Image Analysis by Moments, is a unique compendium of moment-based image analysis which includes traditional methods and also reflects the latest dev
Blind equalization (BE) technology is a new adaptive technology. BE only uses the prior information of received signals to equalize the channel characteristics, so train- ing sequence is not needed. The output sequence is close to the transmitted se
The paradigm shift in towards Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming the vital component of Internet. Low-cost sensing and actuation are available to the whole world, which enable seamless information exchange and networked interactions of physical an
The electrochemical sensing of dopamine is of great significance for studying and treating neurochemical dis-
eases due to its potential feasibility for in vivo diagnostics. The commonly used sensors suffer from low sensi-
tivity, the interference of
A versatile and low-cost single-beam self-referenced phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing system with ultra-high resolution performance is presented. The system exhibits a root-mean-square phase fluctuation of +-0.0028 angle over a
Precise and fast determination of position and orientation, which is normally achieved by distance and angle measurements, has broad applications in academia and industry. We propose a dynamic three-degree-of-freedom measurement technique based on du
The dissipative sensing based on a self-interference microring resonator composed of a microring resonator and a U-shaped feedback waveguide is demonstrated experimentally. Instead of a frequency shift induced by the phase shift of the waveguide or t
Self-mixing interferometry (SMI) is an attractive sensing scheme that typically relies on mono-modal operation of an employed laser diode. However, change in laser modality can occur due to change in operating conditions. So, detection of occurrence
