Due to the increasing availability and sophistication of data recording techniques, multiple information sources and distributed computing are becoming the important trends of modern information systems. Many applications ...

This paper presents a new region-based unified tensor level set model for image segmentation. This model introduces a three-order tensor to comprehensively depict features of pixels, e.g., gray value and the local geometrical ...

We show that an arbitrary quantum state cannot be universally 1 --> 2 copied keeping the original copy unchanged. Indeed, the density operator of the additional copy after the copying transformation is nothing but the scale ...

Purpose ¿ The main objective of this paper is to review work on the usability and impact of digital libraries. Design/methodology/approach ¿ Work on the usability and impact of digital libraries is reviewed. Specific ...

Purpose</B> - The purpose of this paper is to report on a research designed to find out how people in Scotland access and use online health information. <B>Design/methodology/approach</B> - It is based on a survey of two ...

Situational method engineering (SME) has as a focus a repository of method fragments, gleaned from extant methodologies and best practice. Using one such example, the OPF (OPEN Process Framework) repository, we identify ...