bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
ADAPTIVE CLASSIFICATION BY NEURAL NET BASED PROTOTYPE POPULATIONS
Authors: PELEG KALMAN , BEN-HANAN URI 
Published: November 2004

We have developed an algorithm for unsupervised adaptive classification based on a finite number of “prototype populations” with distinctly different feature distributions, each representing a typically different source population of the inspected products. Intermittently updated feature distributions, of samples collected from the currently classified products, are compared to the distributions of pre-stored prototype populations, and accordingly the system switches to the most appropriate classifier. The goal of our approach is similar to the objectives of the previously proposed “Decision Directed” adaptive classification algorithms but our solution is particularly suitable for automatic inspection and classification on a production line, when the inspected items may come from a finite number of distinctly different sources. The recognition of prototype populations as well as the classification task proper may be implemented by conventional classifiers, however neural networks (NN) are advantageous in two respects: There is no need to develop separate mathematical models for each classifier because the NN does it automatically during the training stage. The parallel structure of NN has the potential for very fast classification in real time, if implemented by dedicated parallel hardware. This is particularly important for high speed automatic sorting on a production line. The practical feasibility of the approach was demonstrated by two applied examples, wherein two prototype populations of apples are recognized and sorted by size and color derived by machine vision. Three “Boltzmann-Perceptron Networks” (BPN) were used, one to recognize the prototype populations, while switching between the other two, for optimally classifying apples into two size and color categories. It is shown that misclassifications by adaptive classification are reduced, in comparison to non-adaptive classification.
INVARIANT THINNING
Authors: ECKHARDT ULRICH , MADERLECHNER GERD 
Published: November 2004

One of the most widely used methods for preprocessing binary images is thinning. The popularity of this method rests on the fact that considerable data reduction is achieved while retaining “essential” properties of the original image. Moreover, topological features, which cannot be verified by a genuinely parallel method (by Minsky and Papert22) are more easily treated in thinned images. For these reasons, many articles on this topic were published in the literature. Most of them are concerned with modifications of existing methods in order to yield “nicer” results out of the thinning process. Also, many results of numerical experiments are available in different publications. The aim of this paper is to show that the quite natural requirement of invariance of the results obtained by thinning leads nearly automatically to a method proposed by the authors in different publications. Moreover, this method is genuinely parallel and well-defined so that it is possible to investigate it theoretically. The practical feasibility of the method is also discussed.
A NEW TYPE OF STRANGE ATTRACTOR RELATED TO THE CHUA'S CIRCUIT
Authors: BELYKH V. N. , CHUA L. O. 
Published: November 2004

We present a new type of strange attractors generated by an odd-symmetric three-dimensional vector field with a saddle-focus having two homoclinic orbits at the origin. This type of attractor is intimately related to the double-scroll Chua's attractor. We present the mathematical properties which proved rigorously the chaotic nature of this strange attractor to be different from that of a Lorenz-type attractor or a quasi-attractor. In particular, we proved that for certain nonempty intervals of parameters, our two-dimensional map has a strange attractor with no stable orbits. Unlike other known attractors, this strange attractor contains not only a Cantor set structure of hyperbolic points typical of horseshoe maps, but also there exist unstable points (i.e. stable in reverse time) belonging to the attractor as well. This implies that the points from the stable manifolds of the hyperbolic points must necessarily attract the unstable points.
INCORPORATING OBJECT-ORIENTED CONCEPTS TO CIRCUIT SIMULATION
Authors: LOH WAI LUNG 
Published: November 2004

In this paper we describe the use of object-oriented techniques in circuit simulation. Object-oriented approaches to VLSI modeling have been proposed several times as the solution to the growing problem of complexity in hardware description systems. Our approach is to evaluate the requirements of circuit simulation, based on object-oriented techniques, and define an abstract model that addresses these sets of requirements adequately. The model is centred on three simulation methods, which we propose specifically for combinational and sequential circuit simulation. Next, we propose a set of recommendations, which are viewed as informal transformation rules, for mapping the abstract model to its concrete form. The procedure is a simple one-to-one mapping. We also provide a standard mechanism for interconnecting objects at different levels of simulation.
A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING USERS’ MISCONCEPTIONS IN DATABASE RETRIEVAL
Authors: WU XU , ICHIKAWA TADAO 
Published: November 2004

A Cooperative Response system, which can detect and correct users’ misconceptions exhibited in database retrieval, is one of the most promising ways for applying the knowledge engineering approach to traditional database query systems. Misconceptions are generally regarded as users’ false beliefs about a database and are considered as a main source of failures in the database retrieval. How to handle users’ false beliefs has recently become an important point to overcome in advanced database front-end development. While many efforts have been made to develop cooperative response systems, most of the work has placed emphasis on the detection of a user’s false beliefs revealed in a single query. No attention has been paid to handle users’ inconsistent beliefs which would be revealed in a sequence of contextual queries. In this paper, we propose a user-beliefs-modeling approach for detecting the inconsistent beliefs exhibited in two contextual queries. As an extension of the existing cooperative response systems, the system proposed in this paper can generate informative responses to correct users’ inconsistent beliefs.
A FRAMEWORK FOR MODELING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESSES
Authors: WEIDE BRUCE W. , DEFAZIO SAM 
Published: November 2004

Summary—Software engineering processes must be understood to be managed effectively. It is important to go beyond purely metaphorical and descriptive methods to achieve such understanding. This paper proposes a framework, based on dynamic feedback control systems, for building potentially quantitative models of software engineering processes. It then uses this framework to explore some important characteristics of quantifiable outputs of such processes, including observability, measurability, independence, (near) continuity, and (near) monotonicity. General Terms—Software engineering, process modeling.
SEPARATING SETS OF HYPERRECTANGLES
Authors: D’AMORE FABRIZIO , FRANCIOSA PAOLO GIULIO 
Published: November 2004

We consider the problem of separating a set of d-dimensional non-overlapping isothetic hyperrectangles by means of one cutting isothetic hyperplane. If the cutting hyperplane crosses one hyperrectangle this is split into two non-overlapping hyperrectangles. We show that it always exists a cutting hyperplane that separates n given hyperrectangles into two sets each containing no more than [αd · n] hyperrectangles, where αd=(2d−1)/2d. Also, we show that there are instances for which it is not possible to do better. An optimal O(d · n) time and space algorithm for finding this cutting hyperplane is presented. An upper bound to the number of intersected hyperrectangles is also given, thus proving a separator theorem for hyperrectangles.
DISTRIBUTED COOPERATION IN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Authors: JARKE MATTHIAS , ELLIS CLARENCE A. 
Published: November 2004

Cooperation is the organizational motivation behind computer networks. In these networks, information systems progress from their traditional file cabinet role to become advanced communications media that enable cooperation across boundaries of space and time. The Third ICIS Workshop, held at Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, in April 1992 addressed the question: what does this observation entail for computer science research, practice, and education? Research implications. Cooperation technology provides interfaces between people rather than between humans and machines. The simplistic distinctions of CSCW research in the 1980’s (synchronous vs. asynchronous, local vs. distributed, message passing vs. information sharing) detract from the central goal that coordination should not get in the way of human interaction. On the one hand, CSCW operates in a coherent organizational and technological framework. Real-time group interfaces must be embedded in process-oriented repositories for long-term cooperation; change management is the crucial research issue. On the other hand, CSCW must be enriched with domain information. Studies of the usage and organizational embedding of information technology cannot be delegated to the social sciences alone because they do not have the answers either. Business implications. “Killer applications” that prove the value of CSCW beyond electronic mail and videoconferencing have yet to emerge. One suggestion is to develop theory and product ideas in the context of actual applications through direct links between researchers and users. A more vendor-oriented approach focuses on developing core technology on which application-specific services can be delivered. This latter infrastructure market, though important, is obviously much smaller; it is the services that pay back the investments. Educational implications. Curricula do not adequately reflect the changing role of computer scientists in the workplace. This is even now endangering the traditionally good position of computer science graduates on the labor market. In accordance with the market shares above, there must be a stronger component of application experience and students must be explicitly taught to work in interdisciplinary teams. Since curricula are already very full, this implies that some traditional areas of computer science may have to be reduced — a painful but necessary process.
Intrusive history of the Slieve Gullion ring dyke, Ireland: implications for the internal structure of silicic sub-caldera magma chambers
Authors: McDonnell S. , Troll V. R. , Emeleus C. H. , Meighan I. G. , Brock D. , Gould R. J. 
Published: November 2004

AbstractThe Palaeogene Slieve Gullion Igneous Complex comprises a layered central intrusion surrounded by a slightly older ring dyke. The ring dyke contains two major intrusive rock types. About 70% of the ring dyke is occupied by porphyritic granophyre and 30% by porphyritic felsite. Locally complex relationships between the two lithologies are observed. Major and trace element compositions suggest that there are two distinct chemical groups within each lithology: a Si-rich felsite, concentrated in a ~1 m wide zone at the outer margins of the dyke which grades into a less Si-rich felsite towards the interior. Similarly, a Si-rich granophyre, concentrated in the centre of the intrusion grades outwards into a Si-poor granophyre facies.These rock relationships and geochemical variations suggest that a complex magma chamber hosted a stratified granitic magma body and various wall/floor magma facies. Low density, high-Si felsite magma from the top of the chamber was tapped first, followed by less Si-rich felsite magma as evacuation proceeded. The granophyres probably originate from the chamber walls/floor, representing more mushy equivalents of the felsite magma. Little granophyre magma was tapped during the early stages of the evacuation sequence. As evacuation continued, probably aided by trap-door caldera collapse, the ‘granophyre magmas’ intruded the already emplaced and slightly cooled felsite, forming the complexly zoned structure of the Slieve Gullion ring intrusion.
Zoned Ca-amphiboles and related P-T evolution in metabasites from the classical Barrovian metamorphic zones in Scotland
Authors: Zenk M. , Schulz B. 
Published: November 2004

AbstractMetabasites in the Dalradian Argyll and Southern Highland Groups experienced multiphase deformation and coeval Barrovian-type prograde and retrograde metamorphism during the Caledonian Grampian orogeny. Metamorphic Ca-amphiboles crystallized with plagioclase,epidote,chlorite and quartz, and sometimes with garnet and clinopyroxene. The minor changes in metabasite mineral assemblages and systematic mineral-chemical variations in Ca-amphibole confirm the classical concept of increasing metamorphic grade in metapelitic Chlorite to Sillimanite zones. In the Chlorite zone, high-Ti brown amphibole enclosed by green Ca-amphibole is interpreted as a magmatic relic. In the Chlorite, Biotite,Garnet and Andalusite zones, Ca-amphibole displays zonation with actinolite in cores and magnesio-hornblende to tschermakite in rims. Poor amphibole zonations occur in the Kyanite and Sillimanite zones. Ca-amphibole zonations are best described in terms of IVAl, VIAl and Ti which semiquantitatively monitor temperature and pressure changes. Maximal IVAl in amphibole increase with metamorphic grade. Empirically calibrated amphibole equilibria enabled us to reconstruct coherent prograde P-T paths and maximal P and T from the mineral zones; with Tmax of 680±50°C in the Sillimanite zone and Pmax of 8±1.2 kbar in the Kyanite zone. Prograde P-T paths indicate that elevated geothermal gradients should be considered even at the beginning of the Grampian Barrovian metamorphism.
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Herskovits Melville J. 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:AFRICA AND OCEANIA: Social Organisation and Ceremonial Institutions of the Bomvana. P. A. W. Cook.AFRICA AND OCEANIA: Proverbes et Maximes Peuls et Toucouleurs, traduits, expliqués et annotés. Henri Gaden.AFRICA AND OCEANIA: Das alte Königreich Kongo. Alexander Ihle.AFRICA AND OCEANIA: Züge aus der politischen Organisation afrikanischer Völker und Staaten. Günther Spannaus.
Een en ander over de Muziek en den Dans of de Kei‐Eilanden. Jaap Kunst
Authors: Herzog George 
Published: November 2004

RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON MUSIC IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES.: Music in Nias. Jaap Kunst.Music in Flores—A study of the vocal and instrumental music among the tribes living in Flores. Jaap Kunst.Een en ander over de Javaaansche Gamelan. Jaap Kunst.Een en ander over de Javaansche Wajang. Jaap Kunst.Muziek en Dans in de Buitengewesten. Jaap Kunst.
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Washburn S. L. 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:Physical Anthropology: Essay on the Cerebral Cortex. Gerhardt von BoninPhysical Anthropology: Frontal Lobotomy and Affective Behavior. John F. FultonPhysical Anthropology: The Cerebral Cortex of Man. Wilder Penfield and Theodore Rasmussen
Book Reviews
Authors: Coe Michael D. 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:ARCHEOLOGY: Papers of the New World Archaeological FoundationNo. 6. The Carved Human Femurs from Tomb 1, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico. Pierre AgrinierNo. 7. Archaeological Explorations in the Region of the Frailesca, Chiapas, Mexico. Carlos NavarreteNos. 8–11. Excavations at Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico. Gareth W. LoweNo. 12. Mound 5 and Minor Excavations, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico. Gareth W. LoweNo. 13. Ceramic Stratigraphy at Santa Cruz, Chiapas, Mexico. William T. SandersNo. 14. The Santa Marta Rock Shelter, Ocozocoautla, Chiapas, Mexico. Richard S. MacNeish and Fredrick A. Peterson
Book Reviews
Authors: Lawless Robert 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:General and Theoretical: Ethnicity and Resource Competition in Plural Societies. Leo A. Despres.General and Theoretical: Migration and Urbanization: Models and Adaptive Strategies. Brian M. du Toit and Helen I. Safa.General and Theoretical: Migration and Development: Implications for Ethnic Identity and Political Conflict. Helen I. Safa and Brian M. du Toit.
Film Reviews
Authors: Messer Ellen 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:The Ribbon. 1987. Directed by Harriet Avshon.With These Hands. 1987. Produced by Chris Sheppard and directed by Chris Sheppard and Claude Sauvageot.The Struggling People. 1987. From the Only One Earth series. Produced by Rachael Lyon and directed by Barbara Pyle.
Reform and Revolution in Mexico
Authors: Friedrich Paul 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:Spent Cartridges of Revolution: An Anthropological History of Namiquipa, Chihuahua. Daniel Nugent. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993. 225 pp. Planificación Regional y Reforma Agraria. Angel Palerm. Mexico: Universidad Iberoamericano, Gernika, 1993. 420 pp.
Anthropology, History, and Indonesia
Authors: Brenner Suzanne 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:The World of Maluku: Eastern Indonesia in the Early Modern Period. Leonard Y. Andaya. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. 306 pp. Constituting the Minangkabau: Peasants, Culture, and Modernity in Colonial Indonesia. Joel S. Kahn. Providence: Berg Publishers, 1993. 314 pp.
Bringing the State Back In
Authors: Hefner Robert W. 
Published: November 2004

Book reviewed in this article:Culture and Society in New Order Indonesia. Virginia Matheson Hooker, ed. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993. 302 pp. Dissociated Identities: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in an Indonesian Society. Rita Smith Kipp. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. 320 pp.
Maya Zapatistas Move to the Ancient Future
Authors: GOSSEN GARY H. 
Published: November 2004

ABSTRACTSThis essay assesses recent events pertaining to the Maya Zapatista movement in light of the Mesoamerican past and present. Persistent patterns of Maya world construction, group and personal identity, and political legitimacy form the conceptual core of the movement, expressing themes that have been well documented for some 2,000 years in Maya cultural history. The essay concludes with suggestions as to the new forms that pan‐Maya ethnic affirmation may assume in the multiethnic configuration of Mexico and Guatemala in the 21st century.
The Dictionary of Anthropology.; Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture, and Social Life.; A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory.
Authors: Lewis Herbert S. 
Published: November 2004

The Dictionary of Anthropology. Thomas Barfield. ed. Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 1997. 626 pp.Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture, and Social Life. Tim Ingold. ed. New York: Routledge, 1997. 1128 pp.. Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory. Michael Payne. ed. Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 1996. 644 pp.
Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People
Authors: Sayers Robert H. 
Published: November 2004

Ainu: Spirit of. Northern People. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, April 30,1999‐January 2, 2000.Ainu: Spirit of. Northern People. William W. Fitzhugh and Chisato O. Dubreuil. eds. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with University of Washington Press, 1999. 415 pp.
Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians. 2000.; Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Incorporated.
Authors: Prins Harald E. L. 
Published: November 2004

Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians. 2000. video by Anne Makepeace. 85 minutes (56‐minute version also available). Co‐produced by Anne Makepeace Productions, Inc. and ThirteenAVNET. For further information, contact Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 1‐800‐543‐FROG (3764); info@bullfrogfilms.com.Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Incorporated. Mick Gidley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 319 pp.
Reenvisioning Boas and Boasian Anthropology
Authors: Darnell Regna 
Published: November 2004

Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883‐1884: Journals and Letters. Ludger Miiller Wille. ed. Translated by William Barr. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 298 pp.Franz Boas: The Early Years, 1858‐1906. Douglas Cole. Vancouver: Douglas and Mclntyre, 1999. 360 pp.
Symbolic Heat: Gender, Health and Worship among the Tamils of South India and Sri Lanka.; Relocated Lives: Displacement and Resettlement in the Mahaweli Project, Sri Lanka.; Amiable Incoherence: Manipulating Histories and Modernities in a Batticaloa Hindu Temple.
Authors: Gamburd Michele Ruth 
Published: November 2004

Symbolic Heat: Gender, Health and Worship among the Tamils of South India and Sri Lanka. Dennis B. McGilvray. Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 1998. 72 pp.Relocated Lives: Displacement and Resettlement in the Mahaweli Project, Sri Lanka. Birgitte Refslund Sørensen. Amsterdam: VU University Press, 1996. 247 pp.Amiable Incoherence: Manipulating Histories and Modernities in. Batticaloa Hindu Temple. Mark P. Whitaker. Amsterdam: VU University Press, 1999. 302 pp.
Universal Patterns in Cultural Evolution: An Empirical Analysis Using Guttman Scaling
Authors: PEREGRINE PETER N. , EMBER CAROL R. , EMBER MELVIN 
Published: November 2004

AbstractWe test for universal patterns in cultural evolution by Guttman scaling on two different worldwide samples of archaeological traditions and on well‐known archaeological sequences. The evidence is generally consistent with universal evolutionary sequences. We also present evidence for some punctuated evolutionary events.
Does French Islam Have Borders? Dilemmas of Domestication in a Global Religious Field
Authors: BOWEN JOHN R. 
Published: November 2004

AbstractAlthough many accounts of transnational religious movements emphasize mobility and communication, equally important are efforts by both political actors and religious leaders to carve out distinctive national forms of religion. In this article I examine dilemmas faced by Muslims in France who seek both to remain part of the global Muslimcommunity and to satisfy French demands for conformity to political and cultural norms. I consider the history of immigration and the importance of French notions of laïcité but emphasize the structural problem of articulating a global religious field onto a self‐consciously bounded French nation‐state. I then draw on recent fieldwork in Paris to analyze two recent public events in which attempts by Muslim public intellectuals to develop an “Islam of France” are frustrated by internal, structural tensions concerning religious authority and political legitimacy, and not simply by a conflict between “Muslims” and “France.”
Constituted through Conflict: Images of Community (and Nation) in Bulgarian Rural Ritual
Authors: CREED GERALD W. 
Published: November 2004

AbstractFollowing the 20th anniversary of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities, this article extrapolates how attention to actual notions of community might redirect his important intervention. It suggests that locally and culturally specific ideas about collectivity shape the experience and expectations of national‐level projections. To demonstrate this outcome the analysis focuses on Bulgarian mumming—spectacular winter rituals in which threatening masked figures transverse villages to banish evil and bring good fortune. While these rituals clearly reinforce social solidarity, they represent a local notion of community in which conflict, both intra‐and interethnic, is elemental and constitutive. This image of community does not demand consensus or homogeneity when imagined on a national scale. Such variations in community notions may help explain the diversity of national experiences increasingly documented by ethnographers.