Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1983. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-118).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Univerity of Hong Kong, 1995. / Xeror copy of the original. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 222-247).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

One method of resolving the ambiguity inherent in interpreting images is to add different sources of information. The multiple information source paradigm emphasizes the ability to utilize knowledge gained from one source that may not be present in another. However, utilizing disparate information may create situations in which data from different sources are inconsistent. A schemata-based system has been developed that can take advantage of multiple sources of information. Schemata are combined into a semantic network via the relations decomposition, specialization, instance of, and neighbour. Control depends on the structure of the evolving network and a cycle of perception. Schemata cooperate by message passing so that attention can be directed where it will be most advantageous. This system has been implemented to interpret aerial photographs of small urban scenes. Geographic features are identified using up to three information sources: the intensity image, a sketch map, and information provided by the user. The product is a robust system where the accuracy of the results reflects the quality and amount of data provided. Images of several geographic locales are analyzed, and positive-results are reported. / Science, Faculty of / Computer Science, Department of / Graduate

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate three sources of geographical information, False Color Composite, Band 5 and Band 7 images of Satellite LANDSAT-2, applied in the detection and delimitation of land cover areas in a case study in the Republic of Venezuela. Previous bibliographic references stated the existence of deciduous, semi-deciduous and evergreen woody vegetation communities in different stages of openess (forest, woodlands, shrublands and thickets) and grasslands, in addition to some kinds of tropical agricultural practices (grazing and cropping areas). The identification of these land cover types was accomplished by visual discrimination of colors in the FCC image and of tones in the Bands 5 and 7. FCC image gave the most complete identification of vegetation communities, agricultural practices and burned areas. Band 7 provided the most accurate delimination of burned areas, water bodies and evergreen forest. Band 5 permited the clearest identification of stages of openess in the vegetation.

This Master's research project begins from the question: is it possible that the phenomenon of the contemporary corporate-controlled urban environment- as epitomised by the enclosed shopping mall and highrise office block (protected by high-tech surveillance) paradoxically is giving rise to the development of an art practice which represents a new type of spirituality-one which is secular, complex and inclusive rather than religious and reductive? My thesis investigates this question through drawing upon writings by relevant theorists and critics; through a comparative examination of selected works by a number of notable, new mid-career and emerging international and Australian photo media artists and through my self-reflective art practice. In support of my thesis I particularly examine a number of photographic works which seek to reflect both the meditative and the anxious moments which characterise the way we experience everyday reality within our globalised consumer culture. These images are not traditionally religious in any sense but rather reflect the tension between materialism and a desire to escape this through negation of consumerism and corporate image marketing. The kind of images this contradictory response gives rise to I believe can be seen to reflect a 'temporary' or provisional sense of the sublime which transcends- or transforms- the banal and the ordinary in the presented reality. / Thesis (MVisualArts)--University of South Australia, 2004.

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