by Jian-Zhuang Liu. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196). / Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI, 1998. 3 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm.

by Law Tak Ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-96). / by Law Tak Ming. / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Structure of Chinese Characters --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Pixels (像素) --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Strokes (筆劃) --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Basic Stroke Types (Segment Type)基本筆劃（筆段) --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Compound-segment Stroke (複合筆劃) --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1.5 --- Total Stroke types --- p.6 / Chapter 1.1.6 --- Stroke Sequence (筆順) --- p.6 / Chapter 1.1.7 --- Segments as Basic Features --- p.7 / Chapter 1.1.8 --- Geographic Structure of Components --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2 --- Stroke Distribution of Chinese Characters --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3 --- Radical --- p.10 / Chapter 1.4 --- The Comparison between ON-line and Off-line Chinese Character Recognition Approach --- p.11 / Chapter 1.5 --- Commercial Product Comparison --- p.14 / Chapter 1.6 --- Related Works --- p.17 / Chapter 1.7 --- Objectives --- p.29 / Chapter 2. --- PREPROCESSING --- p.31 / Chapter 2.1 --- Smoothing and Sampling --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2 --- Interpolation --- p.34 / Chapter 2.3 --- DEHOOKING --- p.37 / Chapter 2.4 --- Stroke Segmentation --- p.39 / Chapter 3. --- DATA LEARNING --- p.41 / Chapter 3.1 --- Definition of Terms --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2 --- Definition of Direction type --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data Base Structure --- p.43 / Chapter 3.4 --- Learning Algorithms of Segments --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Learning of the Coordinates --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Learning of Direction Type --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Learning of Slope Angle --- p.50 / Chapter 3.5 --- Learning of the Tolerance of Coordinate --- p.50 / Chapter 3.6 --- Stroke Relation Coding --- p.51 / Chapter 4. --- PRECLASSIFICATION --- p.54 / Chapter 4.1 --- Decision Path Classification --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2 --- First-Two-Ending-One Classification Method --- p.57 / Chapter 4.3 --- Stroke Type Matching Algorithm --- p.61 / Chapter 5. --- RECOGNITION STAGE --- p.64 / Chapter 5.1 --- Connected Strokes Handling --- p.65 / Chapter 5.2 --- Stroke Sequence Free Matching Algorithm --- p.70 / Chapter 5.3 --- Preliminary Character Distance Measure --- p.72 / Chapter 5.4 --- Detailed Matching Techniques --- p.74 / Chapter 5.5 --- Segments Sequence Within a Compound-segment Stroke Compatibility --- p.75 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Length and Slope Orientation Similarities --- p.78 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Segment Similarity Measure Function --- p.79 / Chapter 5.6 --- Stroke Relation Influences --- p.79 / Chapter 5.7 --- Final Character Similarity Measure --- p.81 / Chapter 6. --- RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS --- p.83 / Chapter 6.1 --- Experiment Results --- p.83 / Chapter 6.2 --- Analysis --- p.85 / Chapter 6.3 --- Conclusion --- p.87

This thesis presents the development and use of MECHIN, an interactive graphical preprocessor for data input to spatial mechanism analysis and synthesis codes. A goal in the development of this preprocessor is to produce a graphical data input program that is both graphics device-independent and not structured for the input of data to any particular mechanism processing program. To achieve device-independence, the proposed graphics standard PHIGS (Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System) is used for the graphics support software. Program development strategies including screen layout and user interfaces for three-dimensional data input are discussed. The program structure is also described and presented along with a complete listing of the program code to aid in future modifications and additions. Finally, a description of the use of the program is presented along with several examples of mechanism data input for synthesis and analysis. / Master of Science

Lee Fu Wing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-104). / Abstract --- p.i / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The contribution of this project --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Scope of Thesis --- p.3 / Chapter 2. --- Background Study --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Related works of General DBMS User Interface --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Linear System --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Form-Based System --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Other Approaches --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Related works of Chinese System --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Artificial Natural Language --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- """Chinesized"" English Database Query Language" --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Chiq1 --- p.10 / Chapter 3. --- Design Principles --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Model --- p.11 / Chapter 3.2 --- Language Naturalness --- p.11 / Chapter 3.3 --- Novice Users vs Expert Users --- p.12 / Chapter 3.4 --- Practical Requirements --- p.14 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Relational Algebra Operators --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Divide and Conquer Querying Strategy --- p.16 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Unit of Operations --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Graphical User Interface (GUI) --- p.18 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Direct Object Manipulation --- p.19 / Chapter 3.5 --- SQL Expressiveness --- p.19 / Chapter 4. --- Query Specification in Chinese --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- Defining Elementary Operations --- p.21 / Chapter 5. --- Implementation of the System Design --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1 --- Hardware and Software Configuration --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Basic Components --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Procedures for Data Retrieval --- p.30 / Chapter 5.2 --- System Design --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Common Operations --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Select the Required Tables --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Performing Join --- p.35 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Performing Restriction --- p.36 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Performing Projection --- p.37 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Completion of Query --- p.38 / Chapter 5.2.7 --- Other Basic Operations --- p.39 / Chapter 5.2.8 --- Set Operations --- p.40 / Chapter 5.2.9 --- Composing and Decomposing a Complex Query --- p.41 / Chapter 6. --- Query Formulation in the Interface --- p.42 / Chapter 6.1 --- Example 1 (Simple Query - Novice User) --- p.45 / Chapter 6.2 --- Example 2 (Simple Query - Expert User) --- p.65 / Chapter 6.3 --- Example 3 (Simple Query with Group-By Feature) --- p.77 / Chapter 6.4 --- Example 4 (Complex Query with Set Operations) --- p.87 / Chapter 7. --- Summary and Conclusions --- p.90 / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of Accomplishment --- p.90 / Chapter 7.2 --- Future Work --- p.94 / Chapter 7.3 --- Conclusion --- p.95 / Chapter 8. --- References --- p.96 / Chapter 9. --- Appendix A : 66 Testing Queries --- p.105 / Chapter 10. --- Appendix B : Glossary --- p.112 / Chapter 11. --- Appendix C : Programs Listing --- p.115

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Seyyed Jamaaloddin Golestaani. / Ph.D.