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Following a large unpredictable group of targets among obstacles
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Motion in Games (MiG
, 2010
"... Camera control is essential in both virtual and real-world environments. Our work focuses on an instance of camera control called target following, and offers an algorithm, based on the ideas of monotonic tracking regions and ghost targets, for following a large coherent group of targets with unknow ..."
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with unknown trajectories, among known obstacles. In multiple-target following, the camera’s primary objective is to follow and maximize visibility of multiple moving targets. For example, in video games, a thirdperson view camera may be controlled to follow a group of characters through complicated virtual
Following Multiple Unpredictable Coherent Targets Among Obstacles
"... Camera control is essential in both virtual and real-world environments. The quality of the camera’s placement and motion may spell the difference between usability and confusion. Our work focuses on an instance of camera control called target following, and offers an algorithm for following multipl ..."
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multiple targets with unpredictable trajectories, among known obstacles. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the first attempting to address this important problem. 1 Our Method and Results In multi-targets following, the camera’s primary objective is to follow and maximize visibility of multiple
Visibility-Based Strategies for Tracking and Searching Unpredictable Coherent Targets Among Known Obstacles
"... Abstract—There are many scenarios in the real world and virtual world where it is necessary to find and track groups of coherent targets, whether they are groups of people, swarms of robots, or players in a video game. In such scenarios, some information about the environment may be available, but t ..."
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Abstract—There are many scenarios in the real world and virtual world where it is necessary to find and track groups of coherent targets, whether they are groups of people, swarms of robots, or players in a video game. In such scenarios, some information about the environment may be available
Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout.
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
, 1997
"... The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of high school dropout. The model posits that teachers, parents, and the school administration's behaviors toward students influence students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. The less autonomy supportive the so ..."
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of students pursue their schooling at least until they are legally obliged lo do so (i.e., until the age of 16, in the Province of Quebec). During that period, they form intentions of either persisting or dropping out of school. A large number of the students who have developed an interest in certain subjects
Gross / Visibility Transition Planning for Dynamic Camera Control HSU D.: A greedy strategy for tracking a locally predictable target among obstacles
- In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics & Automation (2006
"... We present a real-time camera control system that uses a global planning algorithm to compute large, occlusion free camera paths through complex environments. The algorithm incorporates the visibility of a focus point into the search strategy, so that a path is chosen along which the focus target wi ..."
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We present a real-time camera control system that uses a global planning algorithm to compute large, occlusion free camera paths through complex environments. The algorithm incorporates the visibility of a focus point into the search strategy, so that a path is chosen along which the focus target
Longer-term effects of Head Start
- American Economic Review
, 2002
"... Abstract Public early intervention programs like Head Start are often justified as investments in children. Yet nothing is known about the long-term effects of Head Start. This paper draws on unique data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to provide new evidence on the effects of Head Start on ..."
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of the children were again randomly assigned to a follow up program of support in school for an additional three years. Evaluations report positive effects on schooling attainment at age 21 among children who received the preschool treatment (Campbell et al., in press, Campbell et al. 2001). The Perry Preschool
Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society.
- The British Journal of Sociology
, 2000
"... ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age, as tentatively identi ed by empirical, cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world, in v ..."
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determined public policy aimed at correcting structural trends, we have witnessed in the last 20 years a dramatic surge of inequality, social polarization, and social exclusion in the world at large, and in most countries, particularly, among advanced societies, in the USA and in the UK (see UNDP 1999
Self-concordance at work: Toward understanding the motivational effects of transformational leaders.
- Academy of Management Journal,
, 2003
"... We extend existing theories by linking transformational leadership to "self-concordance" at work. In two studies using diverse samples and methods, leader behaviors were associated with follower tendencies to set self-concordant goals. In general, followers of transformational leaders vie ..."
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, by providing a sense of direction (vision) and expressing high expectations and confidence in followers' ability to meet these expectations Second, transformational leaders increase followers' social identification with their group. Social identification is the process by which individuals identify
Adaptive Explanations of Behaviors: Obstacles and Overcomings Adaptive Explanations of Behaviors: Obstacles and Overcomings
, 2013
"... This paper seeks to clarify and modestly defend the use of adaptive explanationsexplaining the existence of a trait by reference to putative historical selection pressureswithin the evolutionary behavioral sciences. I identify four major areas of concern: (1) the kind of target that behavior is, (2 ..."
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is a reaction to the environment. Predictable The complexity and large number of unknown factors, e.g. physiological condition, life history, etc., operating in behaving systems injects a certain sense of unpredictability, and make them difficult to deal with in a causal-mechanical sense. To predict
Studying the obstacles of applying a target costing system in firms accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange
, 2012
"... Target system is one of the most important techniques which can help organizations to improve cost-based performances. In this method, the products ' sale price is anticipated before production processes start, based on surveys in the market and manufacturers try to design and manufacture a pro ..."
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in regression analysis. The findings of this research indicate that the following items are among the obstacles of applying a target costing system: “it is impossible to assign a competitive price”, “costumers ' satisfaction idea is not common”, “there is no group work spirit”, “activity-based costing
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