Decentralized convergence to equilibrium prices in trading networks by Lock, E, Evans, BP, Kreacic, E, Bhatt, S, Koppel, A, Ganesh, S, Goldberg, PW

“…Our motivation comes from the fact that prices in markets such as over-the-counter markets and used car markets arise from decentralized negotiation among agents, which has left open an important question as to whether equilibrium prices can emerge from agent-to-agent bilateral negotiations. …”

Video surveillance for intelligent transportation system by Liu, Jiamin

“…We are presenting a way to robustly detect the real-time traffic flowrate and classify the vehicle type (bus, car, motorbike) using basic video processing technologies from a surveillance camera video input. …”
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An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

“…Fasteners like rivets and bolts bear a large part of the stress and thus require frequent inspection for cracks around the fastener's holes. …”
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Object level grouping for video shots by Sivic, J, Schaffalitzky, F, Zisserman, A

“…The outcome is that separate parts of an object that are not simultaneously visible (such as the front and back of a car, or the front and side of a face) are associated together. …”

Quad's India problem : no different from Beijing by Gupta, Sourabh

“…Australia, Japan and the US should first get New Delhi to revise its UNCLOS-related rules and regulations, which bear far greater similarity with Beijing’s than that of its Quad partners.…”
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Up in smoke : peatland fires in Russia and Indonesia by Sofiah Jamil

“…The heatwaves behind the current Russian fires bear similarities with the Indonesian experiences in 1998 and 2006, Indonesia and ASEAN could share their experiences in addressing peatland fires with Russia.…”
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Analysis of corporate governance and corporate performance in the 2007-2008 financial crisis by Tan, Kean Bu, Teo, Jing Jing, Jodi Yanto

“…The measure of performance is each firm’s cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) before and during the crisis, and the governance index is obtained from WRDS and BoardAnalyst.…”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…<p>Two dimensional (2D) materials bear a lot of expectations on playing important role in next generation electronics and optoelectronics. …”

Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…My findings are brought to bear on three traditionally disparate bodies of research –industrial policy, corporate strategy and institutional theory – extending each and also bringing them into fruitful communion with one another.…”

Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…In this thesis, incorporating insights from public international law into rationalist IR approaches, I argue that soft law instruments can have important effects over time and bring substantial costs for states to bear. This is particularly the case for soft law instruments ‘hardening’ through domestic law, treaties or customary international law, increasing the sovereignty and implementation costs attached to commitment. …”

Unravelling giant molecular clouds by Liang, F

“…<p>Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) provide the fuel for star formation and bear various feedbacks. Thus, they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the baryon cycle. …”

A case study of Lexus in the Singapore automobile industry by Ong, Eddie Hsing Jen, Chia, Keith Min-Yu, Sim, Vincent Chin Siong

“…The launch of Lexus in Singapore marks the birth of a juggernaut in the luxury car market which has traditionally been dominated by the European ‘masters’.…”
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A new transcription system for old and classical Tibetan by Jacques, Guillaume

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Analysis of mobile sources of air pollution by Chan, Jeffrey Si Yao

“…Mobile sources are buses, cars, trucks, motorcycles, ships and aeroplanes. …”
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Robust wireless baseband coding for advanced built-in tire monitoring system by Wang, Jiaming

“…A tire monitoring system is an essential part of cars and other traffic vehicles to help people know the working condition of tires. …”
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Use of the motivation-expectation space to communicate strategies in a joint cognitive system by Li, Angela Sin Tan

“…In this thesis, the translation was repeated for an in-car navigation task to gain insights in the MES application for a context with intentional constraints. …”
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Phenomenological observations of quinone-mediated zinc oxidation in an alkaline environment by Mallia, Christopher T, Brushett, Fikile R

“…The development of such systems requires knowledge of underlying reaction mechanisms, which bear similarities to the processes that underpin corrosion and semiconductor electrochemistry. …”
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Implementation of reinforcement learning using neural networks by Tan, Keng Hui

“…Reinforcement learning can be used to train machine to do our daily job such as cleaning the house, driving the car and may even one day breach into the manufacturing world.…”
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Advances in Industrial Internet of Things, Engineering and Management / by Cagáňová, Dagmar, editor 643104, Horňáková, Natália, editor 643105, Pusca, Andy, editor 643106, Cunha, Pedro Filipe, editor 401123

“…Some topics include the impact of ICT on the emergency response vehicle driving time, car accident detecting systems based on machine learning algorithms, smart city platforms based on citizen reporting services, and IoT-based household energy consumption prediction using machine learning. …”

Energy saving control of robot by Chan, Chee Siang.

“…However, in some applications such as driving a car along the road, shooting a moving targer etc, the desired region is not a static region but a moving region. …”
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