A geometric method to compute directionality features for texture images

Author(s):  
Md Monirul Islam ◽  
Dengsheng Zhang ◽  
Guojun Lu
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2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (09) ◽  
pp. 2451-2461
Author(s):  
TIFEI QIAN

The variational method has shown many advantages over the geometric method in proving the existence of connecting orbits since it requires much weaker hyperbolicity and less smoothness. Many results known to be difficult to obtain by the geometric method can now be obtained by a variational principle with relative ease. In particular, a variational principle provides a constructive approach to the existence of heteroclinic orbits. In this paper a variational principle is used to construct a heteroclinic orbit between an adjacent minimal pair of fixed points for monotone twist maps on (ℝ/ℤ) × ℝ. Application of our results to a standard map is also given.


Survey Review ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (316) ◽  
pp. 176-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Zhang ◽  
Rene Forsberg

2021 ◽  
pp. 002199832110492
Author(s):  
Ruidong Man ◽  
Jianhui Fu ◽  
Songkil Kim ◽  
Yoongho Jung

As a connecting component of tubes, the elbow is indispensable to pipe-fitting in composite products. Previous studies have addressed methods for generating winding paths based on parametric equations on the elbow. However, these methods are unsuitable for elbows whose surfaces are difficult to describe using mathematical expressions. In this study, a geometric method was proposed for generating winding patterns for various elbow types. With this method, the mandrel surface is first converted into uniform and high-quality quadrilateral elements; an algorithm is then provided for calculating the minimum winding angle for bridging-free. Next, an angle for non-bridging was defined as the design-winding angle to generate the uniform and slippage-free basic winding paths on the quadrilateral elements in non-geodesic directions. Finally, after a series of uniform points were calculated on the selected vertical edge according to the elbow type, the pattern paths were generated with the uniform points and basic paths. The proposed method is advantageously not limited to the elbow’s shape.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Baron ◽  
Andrew Philippides ◽  
Nicolas Rojas

This paper presents a novel kinematically redundant planar parallel robot manipulator, which has full rotatability. The proposed robot manipulator has an architecture that corresponds to a fundamental truss, meaning that it does not contain internal rigid structures when the actuators are locked. This also implies that its rigidity is not inherited from more general architectures or resulting from the combination of other fundamental structures. The introduced topology is a departure from the standard 3-RPR (or 3-RRR) mechanism on which most kinematically redundant planar parallel robot manipulators are based. The robot manipulator consists of a moving platform that is connected to the base via two RRR legs and connected to a ternary link, which is joined to the base by a passive revolute joint, via two other RRR legs. The resulting robot mechanism is kinematically redundant, being able to avoid the production of singularities and having unlimited rotational capability. The inverse and forward kinematics analyses of this novel robot manipulator are derived using distance-based techniques, and the singularity analysis is performed using a geometric method based on the properties of instantaneous centers of rotation. An example robot mechanism is analyzed numerically and physically tested; and a test trajectory where the end effector completes a full cycle rotation is reported. A link to an online video recording of such a capability, along with the avoidance of singularities and a potential application, is also provided.


1997 ◽  
Vol 475 (2) ◽  
pp. 462-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadja S. Magalhaes ◽  
Warren W. Johnson ◽  
Carlos Frajuca ◽  
Odylio D. Aguiar

Author(s):  
G. Ayyappan ◽  
S. Velmurugan

This paper analyses a queueing model consisting of two units I and II connected in series, separated by a finite buffer of size N. Unit I has only one exponential server capable of serving customers one at a time. Unit II consists of c parallel exponential servers and they serve customers in groups according to the bulk service rule. This rule admits each batch served to have not less than ‘a’ and not more than ‘b’ customers such that the arriving customers can enter service station without affecting the service time if the size of the batch being served is less than ‘d’ ( a ≤ d ≤ b ). The steady stateprobability vector of the number of customers waiting and receiving service in unit I and waiting in the buffer is obtained using the modified matrix-geometric method. Numerical results are also presented. AMS Subject Classification number: 60k25 and 65k30


Author(s):  
Oluyori P. Dare ◽  
Eteje S. Okiemute

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Orthometric height, as well as geoid modelling using the geometric method, requires centroid computation. And this can be obtained using various models, as well as methods. These methods of centroid mean computation have impacts on the accuracy of the geoid model since the basis of the development of the theory of each centroid mean type is different. This paper presents the impact of different centroid means on the accuracy of orthometric height modelling by geometric geoid method.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> DGPS observation was carried out to obtain the coordinates and ellipsoidal heights of selected points. The centroid means were computed with the coordinates using three different centroid means models (arithmetic mean, root mean square and harmonic mean). The computed centroid means were entered accordingly into a Microsoft Excel program developed using the Multiquadratic surface to obtain the model orthometric heights at various centroid means. The root means square error (RMSE) index was applied to obtain the accuracy of the model using the known and the model orthometric heights obtained at various centroid means.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The computed accuracy shows that the arithmetic mean method is the best among the three centroid means types.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> It is concluded that the arithmetic mean method should be adopted for centroid computation, as well as orthometric height modelling using the geometric method.</p>


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