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This book focuses on interactive segmentation techniques, which have been extensively studied in recent decades. Interactive segmentation emphasizes clear extraction of objects of interest, whose locations are roughly indicated by human interactions based on high level perception. This book will fir... More

The book encompasses the state-of-the-art visual quality assessment (VQA) and learning based visual quality assessment (LB-VQA) by providing a comprehensive overview of the existing relevant methods. It delivers the readers the basic knowledge, systematic overview and new development of VQA. It al... More

This book offers an overview of traditional big visual data analysis approaches and provides state-of-the-art solutions for several scene comprehension problems, indoor/outdoor classification, outdoorscene classification, and outdoor scene layout estimation. It is illustrated with numerous naturala... More

This book introduces the point cloud; its applications in industry, and the most frequently used datasets. It mainly focuses on three computer vision tasks -- point cloud classification, segmentation, and registration -- which are fundamental to any point cloud-based system. An overview of tradition... More

What are the current trends in housing? Is my planned project commercially viable? What should be my marketing and advertisement strategies? These are just some of the questions real estate agents, landlords and developers ask researchers to answer. But to find the answers, researchers are faced wit... More

Continued in First Series 97. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1897.... More

This book introduces various signal processing approaches to enhance physical layer secrecy in multi-antenna wireless systems. Wireless physical layer secrecy has attracted much attention in recent years due to the broadcast nature of the wireless medium and its inherent vulnerability to eavesdropp... More

Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and mechanisms to govern the use of water resources. Based on the premise that understanding and documenting different types of water conflict cases in all their complexit... More

This book sheds new light on topological defects in widely differing systems, using the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model to better understand their evolution. Topological defects - cosmic strings, monopoles, domain walls or others - necessarily form at cosmological (and condensed matter) phase tr... More

A unique historical thriller takes on the true mysteries of Lincoln’s assassination “with verve, humor and impressive scholarship” (Time). In 1868, Pinkerton Detective Nicholas Cosgrove is tasked with tracking down John Wilkes Booth, a man who should be three years in his grave. Booth, President Lin... More

Foreign policy in peacetime and command decision in war have always been driven by intelligence, and yet this subject has often been overlooked in standard histories. Honorable Treachery fills in these details, dramatically recounting every important intelligence operation since our nation’s birth. ... More

Limited, finite, contaminated, unavailable or expensive, water divides people all around the globe. We all cannot do without water for long, but can for long enough to fight for it.  This commonsensical narration of water conflicts, however, follows a pattern of scarcity and necessity that is remar... More

Dothistroma pini changed New Zealand commercial forestry dramatically. Tree breeding became concentrated on a very few species and development of selection methods and breeding strategies changed in response to the new challenges. Tree-Breeding and Genetics in New Zealand provides a critical histor... More

[Includes over 140 maps, portraits and illustrations]Field Marshal "Bob" Roberts was one the most successful and well-loved generals of the British Army, decorated and distinguished in many actions and holder of the highest award for valour in action the Victoria Cross. He fought and commanded in Ab... More

The outbreak of anthrax infections that followed September 11, 2001, showed all too clearly that while we can defend ourselves against bioterrorism, our defenses need improvement. What's most important is the ability to recognize the associated disease, and recognize them quickly. Yet, many in the m... More

The ongoing COVID-19 disaster―and the universal realization of the inevitability of even worse pandemics in the future―has resulted in a wealth of books, scientific papers, and journalistic analyses of the politics, medicine, and human suffering. The Nature of Pandemics is not an outcrop of COVID-19... More

"Characterized by precision of statement and clarity of detail, W.W. Blackford's memoir of his service in the Civil War is one of the most valuable to come out of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. It also provides a critically important perspective on one of the best-known Confederate caval... More

This text presents papers from the 18th EARSeL Symposium, held in Enschede, Netherlands. The papers are followed by application-oriented contributions on specific themes such as land use and nature management; water quality and pollution monitoring; and coastal zone management.... More

This book introduces the topics most relevant to autonomously flying flapping wing robots: flapping-wing design, aerodynamics, and artificial intelligence. Readers can explore these topics in the context of the "Delfly", a flapping wing robot designed at Delft University in The Netherlands. How ar... More

Northeast India, apart from being the rainiest in India, is drained by two large river systems of the world – the Brahmaputra and the Barak (Meghna) – both transnational rivers cutting across bordering countries. The region, known for its rich water resources, has been witnessing an increasing numbe... More

Practical and clear, this comprehensive guide to cranio-sacral treatment of the face explains treatment approaches that can make a significant difference to persistent and intractable conditions, enabling profound transformation in quality of life through whole-person integration. The book explores... More

Gerontologische Persoonlijkheidsstoornissenschaal (GPS)S.J.P. van Alphen en G.J.J.A. Engelen Meet: Persoonlijkheidsproblematiek Leeftijdsbereik: Ouderen Afnameduur: circa 20 minuten Prijs online afname € 3,20 Toepasbaar in: GGZ, ouderenzorg, psychiatrie Kwalificatieniveau: 3 (toelichting kwalifica... More

Het schrijven van wetenschappelijke artikelen moet worden geleerd. Het voornaamste doel van een medisch-wetenschappelijke publicatie is het overbrengen van informatie. De voorschriften en conventies die daarbij gelden, staan beschreven in dit boek. De nadruk ligt op de verslaglegging van oorspronk... More

Kanker is de belangrijkste doodsoorzaak in Nederland. Door preventie, verbetering in diagnostiek en behandeling, is de levensverwachting voor patiënten met kanker toegenomen. Het is van het grootste belang dat de patiënt, nogal eens met meer dan een ziekte in een gespecialiseerd multidisciplinair ... More

Kanker is de belangrijkste doodsoorzaak in Nederland. Door preventie, verbetering in diagnostiek en behandeling, is de levensverwachting voor pati#65533;nten met kanker toegenomen. Het is van het grootste belang dat de pati#65533;nt, nogal eens met meer dan een ziekte in een gespecialiseerd multid... More