This paper addresses the question whether or not regional middle power states are capable of making a significant contribution to enhancing regional cooperation via regime creation processes. A combination of “nonregime” and the middle power analysis is applied to produce hypotheses about...

This paper compares the effectiveness of the Tsallis entropy over the classic Boltzmann–Gibbs–Shannon entropy for general pattern recognition, and proposes a multi-q approach to improve pattern analysis using entropy. A series of experiments were carried out for the problem of classifying...

We report the deposition of Ti and TiN films on Si/SiO2 (100) substrate using e-beam evaporation technique. The influence of substrate temperature on the structural and morphological properties has been studied. The structure and morphology of the deposited films were analyzed by X-ray...

Cell phones are already prime targets for theft. The increasing functionality of cell phones is making them even more attractive. With the increase of cell phone functionality including personal digital assistance, banking, e-commerce, remote work, internet access and entertainment, more and...

A human face detection and recognition system for color image series is presented in this paper. The system is composed of two subsystems: human face detection subsystem and human face recognition subsystem. The face detection subsystem includes two modules: face finding and face verification....

The field of biometric face recognition blends methods from computer science, engineering and statistics, however statistical reasoning has been applied predominantly in the design of recognition algorithms. A new opportunity for the application of statistical methods is driven by growing...