• Clustering in relational data and ontologies 

    Havens, Timothy C., 1976- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
    This dissertation studies the problem of clustering objects represented by relational data. This is a pertinent problem as many real-world data sets can only be represented by relational data for which object-based clustering ...
  • Linguistic summarization of human activity 

    Anderson, Derek T., 1979- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
    The thesis advanced herein is that linguistic summarization is essential for the reliable succinct modeling and inference of human activity. It is also asserted that the inherent and unavoidable uncertainty is linguistic ...
  • A system for change detection and human recognition in voxel space using stereo vision 

    Luke, Robert H., 1980- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
    Image space change detection algorithms do not adequately address the complexities in real-world dynamic environments. With few exceptions, these algorithms rely on pixel-level information to detect proper foreground change. ...