1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910437595703321

Autore

Ahad Md. Atiqur Rahman

Titolo

Motion history images for action recognition and understanding / / Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-94600-9

1-4471-4730-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in computer science, , 2191-5768

Disciplina

006.3/7

006.37

Soggetti

Visual perception

Recognition (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Action Representation -- Motion History Image -- Action Datasets and MHI.

Sommario/riassunto

Human action analysis and recognition is a relatively mature field, yet one which is often not well understood by students and researchers.  The large number of possible variations in human motion and appearance, camera viewpoint, and environment, present considerable challenges.  Some important and common problems remain unsolved by the computer vision community. However, many valuable approaches have been proposed over the past decade, including the motion history image (MHI) method. This method has received significant attention, as it offers greater robustness and performance than other techniques. This work presents a comprehensive review of these state-of-the-art approaches and their applications, with a particular focus on the MHI method and its variants.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910345121303321

Autore

Howard Roger <1966->

Titolo

Iran oil : the new Middle East challenge to America / / Roger Howard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2006

ISBN

9786612605376

9780755609680

0755609689

9781282605374

1282605372

9780857713698

0857713698

9786000009588

6000009585

9781429480123

1429480122

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages)

Disciplina

327.73055

Soggetti

Petroleum reserves - Iran - Political aspects

International relations

Iran Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Why Iran's Natural Resources Matter --  2. Breaking US Alliances --  3. US Rivals and Non-Aligned States --  4. Supporting the Iranian Regime -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"The US sees itself as being locked into a confrontation with Iran, its number one enemy since the invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But, as Roger Howard argues in this compelling and provocative new book, by attempting to isolate Iran, the US may in fact be undermining its own power. For, if the US forces the rest of the world to choose between Iran and America, Iran has a trump card to play: some of the largest



deposits of gas and petroleum on the planet. With global energy demands at an all-time high and supplies becoming increasingly inaccessible, Iran's oil and gas have already started to lure former US allies such as Pakistan and India away from American influence. Over the next decade, Iran's energy supplies look set to radically reformulate the security and diplomatic relationships of Asia and the Middle East. Furthermore, because of US trade embargoes on Iran, it is only the US's rivals, such as China, who are able to fully exploit Iran's natural resources, thus powering a new alliance of countries which will act as a counterweight to US global power. By pursuing such a hostile agenda to a country with so much petro-clout, America is, according to Howard, writing its obituary as the world's only superpower."--Bloomsbury Publishing.