Technology
Local computations with probabilities on graphical structures and their application to expert systems
Lauritzen, S., Spiegelhalter, D. J.
Wiley is a global provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research; professional development; and education. Our core businesses produce scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, reference works, books, database services, and advertising; professional books, subscription products, certification and training services and online applications; and education content and services including integrated online teaching and learning resources for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley has published the works of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace. Wiley has partnerships with many of the world's leading societies and publishes over 1,500 peer-reviewed journals and 1,500 new books annually in print and online, as well as databases, major reference works and laboratory protocols in STMS subjects.
The Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education
The Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education attracted over 400 participants from all over the world who gathered to present projects reports, exchange views, discuss common problems, and establish contacts concerning AI and education. This article presents a synopsis of the major presentations and an overview of the conference as a whole.
Recognizing Address Blocks on Mail Pieces: Specialized Tools and Problem-Solving Architecture
Srihari, Sargur N., Wang, Ching-Huei, Palumbo, Paul W., Hull, Jonathan J.
An important task in postal automation technology is determining the position and orientation of the destination address block in the image of a mail piece such as a letter, magazine, or parcel. Analysis of physical characteristics of mail pieces indicates that in order to automate the address finding task, several different image analysis operations are necessary. Some examples are locating a rectangular white address label on a multicolor background, progressively grouping characters into text lines and text lines into text blocks, eliminating candidate regions by specialized detectors (for example, detecting regions such as postage stamps), and identifying handwritten regions. Described here are several operations, their utility as predicted by statistics of mail piece characteristics, and the results of applying the operations to a task set of mail piece images.
In Memorium: Kvetoslav "Slava" Prazdny
Baird, Mike, Thorndyke, Perry W., Tenenbaum, Jay M.
Kvetoslav "Slava" Prazdny, who died September 19, 1987 in a hang-gliding accident in the California mountains, was recognized internationally as an expert in many aspects of human and machine perception. He had published over 60 articles reporting research in human perception, stereo vision, image processing, robotics, perceptual reasoning and learning, adaptive neural networks, and psychophysics. A redwood tree in Big Basin State Park is dedicated in his memory.