A method is developed to extract important curves, corresponding to physical boundaries of
objects, from a range image. It is shown how to infer, from these curves, a segmentation of …

Emerging fields in science and technology are of great interest to innovation researchers,
but such fields are often difficult to identify and characterize. This paper outlines a system for …

In this paper the application of a multiagent system for controlling a set of traffic signals is
considered. A fuzzy logic control scheme to regulate the flow of traffic approaching a set of …

Analysts who are interested in quickly identifying new and emerging scientific
advancements have numerous challenges as the breadth, depth, and volume of scientific …

This paper describes ARBITER, a system for characterizing scientific and technological
fields and detecting emergent fields. ARBITER processes large collections of …

In decision support systems such as those designed to predict scientific and technical
emergence based on analysis of collections of data the presentation of provenance lineage …