Research on the Shape of Wheat Kernels Based on Fourier Describer

Part 1: Decision Support Systems, Intelligent Systems and Artificial Intelligence ApplicationsInternational audienceThe shape of wheat kernels is one of the most important criterions for quality inspection and grading. This paper has used Fourier describer to describe the three views of wheat shape accurately and has had a counter-construction operation. Also it verified this method for describing the shape, small but complex. Finally, the appropriate characteristic parameters were selected, and the BP-network was used to classify the four varieties wheat kernels. This method deserves a recognition rate of 98%~99%

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1880.

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. [1944] Research relevant to the American Indian; census of Indians

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1880.

46-3Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. [1944] Research relevant to the American Indian; census of Indians.1881-1

The history of banking technologies in the UK: patterns of technological investment decision-making and expertise

The central role of banking in the 2008 credit crisis has been the source of much controversy about the quality and robustness of decision-making in the Financial Services sector. This paper aims to surface the influence of the historical evolution of expertise in the banking sector, on such decisions and, in so doing, to underline that the decision-making activity is strongly linked to the views of dominant expert groups in the industry in each era. The paper proposes that Technological Investment Decision Making (TIDM), as viewed historically, has been highly contingent to both technological developments in banking and the subsequent developments in banking expertise that provides the pool for decision-makers in the industry.The paper adopts an historical perspective to illustrate that, counter to popular belief, TIDM is a socially constructed process rather than the outcome of any normative exercise. History demonstrates that there is no optimal method for TIDM with rigour and accuracy of execution determining successful outcomes. On the contrary, in each era, the "right way" to perform TIDM has always been underpinned by the standpoints and beliefs of specialised practitioners who dominated the UK banking industry and by the received wisdom of a community of expert professionals, administrators and think tanks, dictating "realities" on the state of the economy, the role of banks and the value of technologies