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Monocular depth prediction in photogrammetric applications
No full textDespite the recent success of learning-based monocular depth estimation algorithms and the release of large-scale datasets for training, the methods are limited to depth map prediction and still struggle to yield reliable results in the 3D space without additional scene cues. Indeed, although state-of-the-art approaches produce quality depth maps, they generally fail to recover the 3D structure of the scene robustly. This work explores supervised CNN architectures for monocular depth estimation and evaluates their potential in 3D reconstruction. Since most available datasets for training are not designed toward this goal and are limited to specific indoor scenarios, a new metric, large-scale synthetic benchmark (ArchDepth) is introduced that renders near real-world scenarios of outdoor scenes. A encoder-decoder architecture is used for training, and the generalization of the approach is evaluated via depth inference in unseen views in synthetic and real-world scenarios. The depth map predictions are also projected in the 3D space using a separate module. Results are qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated and compared with state-of-the-art algorithms for single image 3D scene recovery
Measuring and Reducing the Impact of the OS Kernel on End-to-End Latencies in Synchronous Packet Switched Networks
Full text linkQuality-based registration refinement of airborne LiDAR and photogrammetric point clouds
No full textA big challenge in geodata processing is the seamless and accurate integration of airborne LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) and photogrammetric point clouds performed by properly considering their high variations in resolution and precision. In this paper we propose a new approach to co-register airborne point clouds acquired by LiDAR sensors and photogrammetric algorithms, assuming that only dense point clouds from both mapping methods are available, without LiDAR raw data nor flight trajectories. First, semantically segmented point clouds are quality-wise evaluated by assigning sensor-specific quality features to each 3D point. Then, these quality features are aggregated in order to assign a score to each 3D point based on its quality. Finally, using a voxel-based structure, a filtering step is performed to select only the best points used for the registration refinement. We assess the performance of the proposed method on two different case studies to demonstrate its advantages compared to a traditional ICP-based approach. The code of the implemented method is available at https://github.com/3DOM-FBK/HyRe
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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