3,063 research outputs found
Life on a Nickels Edge Struggle and Dignity in Buffalo\u27s Fruit Belt
This purpose of this fact sheet is to give a brief overview of the Fruit Belt neighborhood on Buffalo’s East Side in relation to community demographics, development, and efforts to control land use through the creation of the FB Community Land Trust. This fact sheet has three parts: an introduction to the 2016-2017 Humanities New York public humanities fellowship project; information gained from the conduct of that fellowship; links to other work that has been done in relation to the Fruit Belt
M\"obius Invariants of Shapes and Images
Identifying when different images are of the same object despite changes
caused by imaging technologies, or processes such as growth, has many
applications in fields such as computer vision and biological image analysis.
One approach to this problem is to identify the group of possible
transformations of the object and to find invariants to the action of that
group, meaning that the object has the same values of the invariants despite
the action of the group. In this paper we study the invariants of planar shapes
and images under the M\"obius group , which arises
in the conformal camera model of vision and may also correspond to neurological
aspects of vision, such as grouping of lines and circles. We survey properties
of invariants that are important in applications, and the known M\"obius
invariants, and then develop an algorithm by which shapes can be recognised
that is M\"obius- and reparametrization-invariant, numerically stable, and
robust to noise. We demonstrate the efficacy of this new invariant approach on
sets of curves, and then develop a M\"obius-invariant signature of grey-scale
images
Convergence of a Recombination-Based Elitist Evolutionary Algorithm on the Royal Roads Test Function
We present an analysis of the performance of an elitist Evolutionary
algorithm using a recombination operator known as 1-Bit-Swap on the Royal Roads
test function based on a population. We derive complete, approximate and
asymptotic convergence rates for the algorithm. The complete model shows the
benefit of the size of the population and re- combination pool.Comment: accepted for AI 2011: 24th Australasian Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligenc
Convergence Properties of Two ({\mu} + {\lambda}) Evolutionary Algorithms On OneMax and Royal Roads Test Functions
We present a number of bounds on convergence time for two elitist
population-based Evolutionary Algorithms using a recombination operator
k-Bit-Swap and a mainstream Randomized Local Search algorithm. We study the
effect of distribution of elite species and population size.Comment: accepted for ECTA 201
The continuity of social care when moving across regional boundaries
© The Author(s) 2018. Summary: This paper reports the experiences of adults in receipt of social care when relocating to new local authorities, and of family carers. While many matters need to be considered when moving, the study focused specifically on the ‘portability’ of social care. The study draws on data from semi-structured interviews conducted between July and November 2013 with 12 adults who had relocated between English local authorities. Data were collected prior to the implementation of the Care Act 2014; the potential impact of the Act in respect of relocation is considered. Findings: Although some positive experiences were identified, participants primarily reported challenges when moving with social care support. Five themes were identified, these related to the amount of organisation, planning and activity required; the need for a timely approach and the risk of delays and interruptions to care delivery; differences between the practices of local authorities; a lack of control and involvement; a negative impact on emotional and physical well-being. As a result of such difficulties, some experienced delays or interruptions to their care and support; lost all or some of their care package; experienced stress, anxiety and worry. Applications: The paper documents the experiences of people relocating with social care support, which have been little explored to date within the UK or internationally, and contributes to the evidence base in respect of relocation and portability of care. It highlights the importance of smooth transitions for those relocating between local authorities, and the potential for social workers to assist by addressing potential problems
Recommended from our members
Data Mining for Shopping Centres – Customer Knowledge-Management Framework
Shopping centers are an important part of the UK economy and have been the subject of considerable research. Relying on complex interdependencies between shoppers, retailers and owners, shopping centers are ideal for knowledge management study. Nevertheless, although retailers have been in the forefront of data mining, little has been written on Customer Knowledge Management for shopping centers. In this chapter, the authors aim to demonstrate the possibilities and draw attention to the possible implications of improving customer satisfaction. Aspects of customer knowledge management for shopping centers are considered using analogies drawn from an exploratory questionnaire survey. The objectives of a Customer Knowledge Management system could include increasing rental incomes and bringing new life back into shopping centers and towns
- …