Determination of the critical failure surface for slope stability analysis using ant colony optimization

KS Kahatadeniya, P Nanakorn, KM Neaupane - Engineering Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Slope stability analysis of any natural or artificial slope aims at determining the factor of
safety of the slip surface that possesses the lowest factor of safety. In this study, an ant …

Color reduction for complex document images

N Nikolaou, N Papamarkos - International Journal of Imaging …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A new technique for color reduction of complex document images is presented in this article.
It reduces significantly the number of colors of the document image (less than 15 colors in …