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An accurate fingerprint reference point determination method based on curvature estimation of separated ridges

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, 2018
This paper presents an effective method for the detection of a fingerprint’s reference point by analyzing fingerprint ridges’ curvatures. The proposed approach is a multi-stage system.
Doroz Rafal   +2 more
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An FMCDM approach to purchasing decision-making based on cloud model and prospect theory in e-commerce

open access: yesInternational Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2016
This paper presents a fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (FMCDM) approach based on cloud model and prospect theory. In addition, a reference point selection method is developed according to the evaluations of the potential customer or similar consumers
Hong-yu Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noncontractible Investments and Reference Points [PDF]

open access: yesGames, 2013
We analyze noncontractible investments in a model with shading. A seller can make an investment that affects a buyer’s value. The parties have outside options that depend on asset ownership. When shading is not possible and there is no contract renegotiation, an optimum can be achieved by giving the seller the right to make a take-it-or-leave-it offer.
openaire   +7 more sources

INTERACTIVE MULTIOBJECTIVE TABU/SCATTER SEARCH BASED ON REFERENCE POINT

open access: yesRevista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones, 2014
This paper presents multiobjective tabu/scatter search architecture with preference information based on reference points for problems of contin- uous nature.
Ricardo P. Beausoleil
doaj   +1 more source

An alternative 2-phase method for evaluating of DMUs using DEA [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Optimization, 2013
Computationally, selection of a proper numerical value for infinitesimal non Archimedean epsilon in DEA models has some difficulties. Although there are several algorithms for selecting the proper non-Archimedean epsilon, it is important to introduce ...
Mohammadreza Alirezaee
doaj   +1 more source

The Biggerers

open access: yes, 2018
THE BIGGERERS is set in a dystopian future where our tiny heroes, Bonbon and Jinx, spend their days gathering stones and feathers for their basket and waiting to be fed by their owner.
Point Blank Books, Lilwall, Amy
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Metonymic Target Identification: In Search of a Balanced Approach

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2014
The article concerns metonymy observed in certain proper names used in specialist contexts. The names under consideration primarily designate places of international prominence (e.g., the United States, Washington, the White House, Iran, Tehran, etc ...
Piotr Twardzisz
doaj   +1 more source

Pricing, Green Degree and Coordination Decisions in a Green Supply Chain with Loss Aversion

open access: yesMathematics, 2019
The consumer environmental awareness promotes green manufacturing and the behavioral preferences of members become prevailing in supply chain management.
Zhongwei Feng, Chunqiao Tan
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating Learning, Decision-Making, and Mental Health in Pregnancy: Insights From a UK Cohort Study

open access: yesComputational Psychiatry
Background: Parental capacity to learn from infant responses is a fundamental component of early dyadic interactions. However, the precise cognitive processes involved in these interactions and how these processes are influenced by mental health ...
Ilaria Costantini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sanctuary of Eneolithic and Bronze Age in Western Siberia, as a source of astronomical knowledge and cosmological ideas in antiquity [PDF]

open access: yesArchaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2014
In article are considered the revealed astronomical knowledge and cosmological representations of the ancient population of the given territory on the basis of materials of excavation sanctuaries of Eneolit (Savin 1, Slobodchiki 1, Velizhany 2) and of ...
Potemkina, T.M.
doaj   +1 more source

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