Bounded index; Cn-valued functions; entire functions; linear differential equations.
The concept of complex valued entire functions of bounded index is extended to Cn-valued entire functions by replacing the absolute value in the definition of an entire function of bounded index by the maximum of the absolute values of the...
In 1920 NIST built, then promptly destroyed, a series of reinforced concrete vaults for the Federal Reserve Board. The goal was to determine the thickness of concrete and type of reinforcement that would most economically produce the best...
The performance of iris recognition systems is frequently affected by input image quality, which in turn is vulnerable to less-than-optimal conditions due to illuminations, environments, and subject characteristics (e.g., distance, movement,...
lens, emulsion, resolving power, camera, test pattern
The plane of best average definition is located for a number of lenses of a type used in airplane mapping cameras. Three different types of test pattern are used for each lens. These patterns are the long-line, short-line, and annulus. Results of...
By measurement of the specific volume of polypropylene as a function of temperature at various pressures, the variation of glass temperature with pressure, dTg/dP, was determined. Within experimental error the magnitude of this quantity is the same...
Absorption; adaptation; Beer's law; chromatic adaptation; color vision; concentration; cones; curve shape; high luminance; metameric matches; pigment; photopigment; vision
A complete quantitative analysis is presented of changes in the shape of the spectral absorptance curve of any Beer's-law pigment solution (or other Bouguer's-Iaw material) as concentration of the pigment, or thickness of the solution layer, is...
LADAR; nonlinear least squares; variances of fitted parameters
Formulas for variances of plane parameters fitted with Nonlinear Least Squares to point clouds acquired by 3D imaging systems (e.g., LADAR) are derived. Two different error objective functions used in minimization are discussed: the orthogonal and...
Nonlinear Least Square fitting; 3D imaging systems; cylinder fitting; orthogonal error function; directional error function
Industrial pipelines are frequently scanned with 3D imaging systems (e.g., LADAR) and cylinders are fitted to the collected data. Then, the fitted as-built model is compared with the as-designed model. Meaningful comparison between the two models...
Variances in the measurement of properties used to characterize ceramic powders are discussed in the context of the International Energy Agency's study, Annex II, Subtask 2, which includes chemical and physical measurements for five powders: two...