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A combined technology for wildfire detection using HS/RF
(5th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications, ICWMC 2009, 2009)
This paper addresses an effective early detection system of wildfires using high resolution images from low-light sensitive cameras linked to an innovative HS/RF (High Speed/Radio Frequency) communications grid. Using data ...
Automated clustering of large data sets based on a topology representing graph [Büyük veri kümelerinin topoloji betimleyen çizgeye dayali otomatik gruplandirmasi]
(2009 IEEE 17th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, SIU 2009, 2009)
A powerful method in analysis of large data sets where there are many natural clusters with varying statistics such as different sizes, shapes, density distribution, is the use of self-organizing maps (SOMs) [1]. However, ...
A layered security approach for cloud computing infrastructure
(I-SPAN 2009 - The 10th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks, 2009)
This paper introduces a practical security model based on key security considerations by looking at a number of infrastructure aspects of Cloud Computing such as SaaS, Utility, Web, Platform and Managed Services, Service ...
A comparison of data mining techniques for credit scoring in banking: A managerial perspective
(Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2009)
Credit scoring is a very important task for lenders to evaluate the loan applications they receive from consumers as well as for insurance companies, which use scoring systems today to evaluate new policyholders and the ...
Quality layers in scalable multi-view video coding
(Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2009, 2009)
The Quality Layers concept is proposed and adopted in the JSVM in order to ensure an optimal adaptation in a rate-distortion sense [1]. In this paper it is extended to multi-view case for scalable coding of multi-view ...
A novel square root domain lossless integrator and its application to KHN biquad filter design
(ELECO 2009 - 6th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2009)
In this paper, a novel square root domain lossless integrator and its application to KHN (Kerwin-HuelsmanNewcomb) biquad are proposed. The presented lossless integrator based on quadratic characteristics of MOS transistor ...
Necessary optimality conditions for switching control problems
(Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2009)
In this paper we consider smooth and nonsmooth switching control problems. By applying Taylor incremental formula for the cost functional, first we obtain the necessary optimality condition for the smooth case. Then by ...
Spider vs. Prolog: Simulating prolog in spider
(ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2009)
Control Network Programming is a programming paradigm that integrates ideas from imperative programming, declarative programming, rule-based systems, nondeterministic programming and graphical programming. Its computation ...
A socio-economic perspective on women entrepreneurs: Evidence from Turkey
(Ikonomicheski Izsledvania, 2009)
Within the context of globalization where women's labour force participation and employment rates have grown all over the world where as Turkey differs from most countries with no increase in the growth women's labor force ...
Spider vs. Prolog: Computation control
(ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2009)
This is the second in a series of two reports presenting a comparison between the Control Network Programming language Spider and the logic programming language Prolog. Here, the focus is on juxtaposing the tools for ...
The effects of the duration of formal education on adult brain: A voxel-based morphometry - (diffeomorphic anatomical registration using exponentiated lie algebra) DARTEL study
(Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni, 2009)
Objective: Recent studies neuroimaging showed that continues environmental stimuli can induce structural changes in the brain. Compared to later life, during formal education in school and university; human brain is not ...
On optimal weights in a PSNR-based objective stereo video quality measure [PSNR-tabanli bir nesnel stereo video kalite ölçüsünde en i̇yi aǧirliklar üzerine]
(2009 IEEE 17th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, SIU 2009, 2009)
In stereoscopic 3D video, it is well-known that humans can perceive high quality 3D video provided that one of the views is in high quality. Hence, in stereo video encoding, the best overall rate vs. perceived-distortion ...
A desktop application to learn the actual workload of the students
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2009)
The use of European Credit Transfer system (ECTS) provides a reference standard for exchange students across the European Union (EU). It helps more transparency and compatibility to compare the self-study period and ...
The investment decision-making process from a risk manager’s perspective: a survey
(Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 2009)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify associations between various inputs in the investment decision process of Saudi Arabian risk managers (RMs). Design/methodology/approach: The paper reports the views of 81 ...
Towards a new approach in social simulations:Meta-language
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2009)
In this paper we will present a framework for bridging micro to macro emergence, macro-to-micro social causation, and the dialectic between emergence and social causation. We undertake a cultural approach for modeling ...
Effects of employee trainings on the occupational safety and health in accommodation sector
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2009)
In our age, it is a well-known reality that human resource is the key factor of organizational success. Companies' power comes from the physical and mental strength of their workers. Therefore, sustainability of being ...
Ethical approaches and their application in hotel manager's decision making
(European Journal of Social Sciences, 2009)
This study aims at evaluating the ethical approaches effective for managers working at hotel business when making decisions. Ethics, in the working place, refers to the rules of the workplace that an employee has to comply ...
Empirical examination of REITs in Turkey: An emerging market perspective
(Journal of Property Investment and Finance, 2009)
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate the risk-return relationship of REITs listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) in order to assess the risk and to find some empirical results for investors within the ...
On some closed sets in ideal minimal spaces
(Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 2009)
The purpose of this paper is to introduce ideal minimal spaces and to investigate the relationships between minimal spaces and ideal minimal spaces. We define some closed sets in these spaces to establish their relationships. ...
Hypoglycemic effect of crude exopolysaccharides produced by Cerrena unicolor, Coprinus comatus, and Lenzites betulina isolates in streptozotocin- induced diabetic rats
(Pharmaceutical Biology, 2009)
The objective of this study was to investigate the hypoglycemic activity of crude exopolysaccharides (EPS) produced by three mushroom isolates in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The three experimental groups were fed ...