Nonparametric Hypothesis Tests for Statistical Dependency (2009)
Er T. Ihler, Student Member, John W. Fisher, Alan S. Willsky
Abstract—Determining the structure of dependencies among a set of variables is a common task in many signal and image processing applications, including multitarget tracking and computer vision. In...
Detection and Localization of Material Releases With Sparse Sensor Configurations (2008)
Emily B. Fox, Student Member, John W. Fisher, Alan S. Willsky
Abstract—We consider the problem of detecting and localizing a material release utilizing sparse sensor measurements and formulate the problem as one of abrupt change detection. Methods which rely...
Importance Sampling Actor-Critic Algorithms (2008)
Jason L. Williams, John W. Fisher, Iii Alan, S. Willsky
Abstract — Importance Sampling (IS) and actor-critic are two methods which have been used to reduce the variance of gradient estimates in policy gradient optimization methods. We show how IS can be...
Nonparametric Hypothesis Tests for Statistical Dependency (2008)
Er T. Ihler, Student Member, John W. Fisher, Alan S. Willsky
Abstract—Determining the structure of dependencies among a set of variables is a common task in many signal and image processing applications, including multitarget tracking and computer vision. In...
Entropy Manipulation of Arbitrary Non I inear Map pings (2008)
John W. Fisher, I Josc, C. Principe
We discuss an unsupervised learning method which is driven by an information theoretic based criterion. Information theoretic based learning has been examined by several authors Linsker [2, 31, Bell...
Donald J. Berndt, John W. Fisher, Rama V. Rajendrababu, James Studnicki
Questions of healthcare inequities have been of continuing concern to health researchers, planners, and policymakers. The answers to such questions can be difficult to interpret, but deeply affect...
Enhancing Fatigue Strength by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment (2008)
Enhancement in fatigue performance of welded joints by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment (UIT) was evaluated in large-scale specimens having a nominal yield strength of 345 to 690 MPa. Eighteen rolled-beam...
Blind Source Separation By Local Interaction Of Output Signals (2007)
John Fisher Iii, John W. Fisher, Iii José, C. Principe
We compare independent component analysis (ICA) [Bell and Sejnowski, 1995] to an alternative method [Fisher and Principe, 1996] for blind source separation of instantaneous linear mixtures. The...
Blind Source Separation By Local Interaction Of Output Signals (2007)
John W. Fisher, Iii Jos, José C. Principe
We compare independent component analysis (ICA) [Bell and Sejnowski, 1995] to an alternative method [Fisher and Principe, 1996] for blind source separation of instantaneous linear mixtures. The...
John W. Fisher III and Jose C. Principe (2007)
Jose C. Principe, Computational Neuroengineering, John W. Fisher
The minimum average correlation energy (MACE) filter, which is linear and shift invariant, has been used extensively in the area of automatic target detection and recognition (ATD/R). We present a...
Acknowledgement: This work was partially supported by ARPA grant N60921-93-C-A335. (2007)
Jose C. Principe, Computational Neuroengineering, John W. Fisher
Abstract- The minimum average correlation energy (MACE) filter, which is linear and shift invariant, has been used extensively in the area of automatic target detection and recognition (ATD/R). We...
Approximate dynamic programming for communicationconstrained sensor network management (2007)
Jason L. Williams, Student Member, John W. Fisher, Alan S. Willsky
Abstract—Resource management in distributed sensor networks is a challenging problem. This can be attributed to the fundamental tradeoff between the value of information contained in a distributed...
ALS Equivalent System Mass Guidelines Document (Working Draft) (2005)
Levri, Julie A., Drysdale, Alan E., Ewert, Michael K., Fisher, John W., Hanford, Anthony J., Hogan, John A., ...
28 slides Provider Notes:PowerPoints demonstrating ESM (Can be used to teach the students). To introduce the ALS NSCORT to the ALS Equivalent System Mass (ESM) Guidelines Document (Working Draft) in...
Junmo Kim, John W. Fisher, Anthony Yezzi, Müjdat Çetin, Alan S. Willsky
Abstract—In this paper, we present a new information-theoretic approach to image segmentation. We cast the segmentation problem as the maximization of the mutual information between the region...
Nonparametric belief propagation for self-localization of sensor networks (2005)
Er T. Ihler, Student Member, John W. Fisher, Olph L. Moses, Senior Member, Alan S. Willsky
Abstract—Automatic self-localization is a critical need for the effective use of ad hoc sensor networks in military or civilian applications. In general, self-localization involves the combination...
Speaker association with signal-level audiovisual fusion (2004)
John W. Fisher, Trevor Darrell
Abstract—Audio and visual signals arriving from a common source are detected using a signal-level fusion technique. A probabilistic multimodal generation model is introduced and used to derive an...
Maximum mutual information principle for dynamic sensor query problems (2003)
Emre Ertin, John W. Fisher, Lee C. Potter
Abstract. In this paper we study a dynamic sensor selection method for Bayesian filtering problems. In particular we consider the distributed Bayesian Filtering strategy given in [1] and show that...
Methods & considerations in online game design / (2003)
Fisher, John W. (John Wilkins)
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Telecommunication, 2003.
Reactive carbon from life support wastes for incinerator flue gas cleanup-System Testing (2002)
Fisher, John W., Pisharody, Suresh, Moran, Mark J., Wignarajah, Kanapathipillai, Xu, X.H., Shi, Yao, ...
Face recognition from long-term observations (2002)
Gregory Shakhnarovich, John W. Fisher, Trevor Darrell
Abstract. We address the problem of face recognition from a large set of images obtained over time- a task arising in many surveillance and authentication applications. A set or a sequence of images...
Face recognition from long-term observations (2002)
Gregory Shakhnarovich, John W. Fisher, Trevor Darrell
Abstract. We address the problem of face recognition from a large set of images obtained over time- a task arising in many surveillance and authentication applications. A set or a sequence of images...
John W Fisher, Efim Statnikov, Lionel Tehini
Over the past four years extensive research has been done in the area of fatigue enhancement of fracture critical details on bridges. This includes the aspect of evaluating different weld designs and...
Learning Informative Statistics: A Nonparametric Approach (1999)
John W. Fisher, Alexander T. Ihler, Er T. Ihler, Paul A. Viola
We discuss an information theoretic approach for categorizing and modeling dynamic processes. The approach can learn a compact and informative statistic which summarizes past states to predict future...
Fatigue Strength of Riveted Bridge Members. (1998)
Fisher, John W., Yen, Ben T., Wang, Dayi
A review has been presented in the fatigue strength and fracture of riveted steel and wrought iron bridge members. Fatigue data have been compiled, and corrosion has been discussed.
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum (1998)
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum (1998)
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum (1998)
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum (1998)
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum (1998)
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health: its nature and place in the school curriculum (1998)
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum (1998)
Typescript (photocopy) Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-220)
A Methodology for Information Theoretic Feature Extraction (1998)
John W. Fisher, Iii Jos, José C. Principe
We discuss an unsupervised feature extraction method which is driven by an information theoretic based criterion: mutual information. While information theoretic signal processing has been examined...
Target discrimination in synthetic aperture radar using artificial neural networks (1998)
José C. Principe, Senior Member, Munchurl Kim, John W. Fisher
Abstract — This paper addresses target discrimination in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery using linear and nonlinear adaptive networks. Neural networks are extensively used for pattern...
Entropy manipulation of arbitrary nonlinear mappings (1997)
John W. Fisher, Iii José, C. Principe
We discuss an unsupervised learning method which is driven by an information theoretic based criterion. Information theoretic based learning has been examined by several authors Linsker [2, 3], Bell...
A Nonparametric Methodology for Information Theoretic Feature Extraction (1997)
John Fisher Iii, John W. Fisher, Iii José, C. Principe
We present a new information theoretic approach for training a system in a self-organized or supervised manner. Information theoretic signal processing looks beyond the second order statistical...
Entropy Manipulation of Arbitrary Nonlinear Mappings (1997)
John W. Fisher, Iii Jos, José C. Principe
We discuss an unsupervised learning method which is driven by an information theoretic based criterion. Information theoretic based learning has been examined by several authors Linsker [2, 3], Bell...
Nonlinear Extensions To The Minimum Average Correlation Energy Filter (1997)
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A Nonparametric Methodology for Information Theoretic Feature Extraction (1997)
John W. Fisher, Iii Jos, José C. Principe
We present a new information theoretic approach for training a system in a self-organized or supervised manner. Information theoretic signal processing looks beyond the second order statistical...
Unsupervised Learning for Nonlinear Synthetic Discriminant Functions (1995)
John W. Fisher, Jose C. Principe
It has been shown in previous work 5,12 that the family of filters which includes the minimum average correlation energy (MACE) filter 7 can be formulated as a linear associative memory (LAM) 3...
A Nonlinear Extension of the MACE Filter (1995)
Jose C. Principe, Computational Neuroengineering, John W. Fisher
The minimum average correlation energy (MACE) filter, which is linear and shift invariant, has been used extensively in the area of automatic target detection and recognition (ATD/R). We present a...
Typescript (photocopy) Spine title: Background, religiosity and expectations of a Christian school. Includes bibliographical references.
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health : its nature and place in the school curriculum
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health: its nature and place in the school curriculum
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...
Spiritual health: its nature and place in the school curriculum
As spirituality first appeared in Australian curriculum documents in 1994, it was important to establish how educators thought it related to student well- being. In this research a description and...