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A device includes a converged input/output controller that includes a physical target storage media controller, a physical network interface controller and a gateway between the storage media controller and the network interface controller, wherein gateway provides a direct connection for storage traffic and network traffic between the storage media controller and the network interface controller.

A system for management, correlation and combination of various analysis techniques, or “advisors.” Graphical user interface (GUI) controls and displays are provided to allow a user to configure different aspects of an analysis system. A financial analysis application allows a user to designate instruments whose data points, factors or other relevant data can be pre-processed with indicators. The outputs of the indicators are provided to advisors for calculation and grouping. A user is able to select the types of raw data to use, the instruments, the factors, the data feeds and other sources for data, the indicators that perform processing and the advisors that perform analysis, grouping and outputting of results for combining using machine learning mechanisms. A user can set or adjust other parameters such as modeling frequency, scheduled processing, whether the system is running a simulation or is designed for higher performance execution. These and other characteristics of the system can be saved as a portfolio for later use and adjustment by the user. Other features are described.

A method and apparatus for intra prediction of an image having arbitrary directivity are provided. Arbitrary edge directions and amplitudes of the edges based are calculated on neighboring pixels of a prediction block. From the calculated edge directions, a number of intra prediction directions in an order of the amplitudes of the edges is selected. An optimum intra prediction mode is determined by performing block prediction in the selected number of the intra prediction directions.

A method and apparatus for coding an image capable of performing a prediction coding process by using a correlation degree between neighboring pixels of a current block and neighboring pixels of a reference block, and an image decoding method and apparatus. In the method, reference block candidates having neighboring pixels similar to the neighboring pixels of the current block are selected, matching errors between selected reference block candidates and the current block are calculated, and a reference block candidate having the least matching error is determined to be a predicted block of the current block.

A linerless tank structure has a body that defines an enclosed interior volume. The body has a cylindrical section having an axis of symmetry and a dome section coupled with the cylindrical section. The construction of the pressure vessel includes multiple fiber plies. At least one of the fiber plies is a helical ply having fibers traversing the dome helically about the axis of symmetry. At least a second of the fiber plies is a braided or woven ply.

An automated method is provided for generating investment criteria for an investment vehicle that includes a pool of escrow deposits from a plurality of merger and acquisition transactions. An escrow history database is maintained of data derived from historical behavior of escrows from a plurality of previous merger and acquisition transactions. An escrow pool database is maintained of current escrow deposit data from a plurality of current merger and acquisition transactions. The escrow pool database includes the current deposit amounts in the pool of escrow deposits, and stated terms governing the release of each deposit amount in the pool of the escrow deposits. A set of investment criteria for selecting an asset pool is generated using a processor operating on the escrow history database and the escrow pool database. The set of investment criteria includes maturity metrics selected from the group consisting of weighted average maturity, convexity, and maturity distribution profile.

A method of multi-layer based scalable video encoding and decoding and an apparatus for the same are disclosed. The encoding method includes the steps of estimating motion between a base layer frame that is placed at a temporal location closest to a current frame of an enhancement layer, and a frame that is backwardly adjacent to the base layer frame to acquire a motion vector, generating a residual image by subtracting the backwardly adjacent frame from the base layer frame, generating a virtual forward reference frame using the motion vector, the residual image and the base layer frame, and generating a predicted frame with respect to the current frame using the virtual forward reference frame, and encoding the difference between the current frame and the predicted frame.

Systems and methods for determining well parameters for optimization of well performance. The method includes training, via a computing system, a well performance predictor based on field data corresponding to a hydrocarbon field in which a well is to be drilled. The method also includes generating, via the computing system, a number of candidate well parameter combinations for the well and predicting, via the computing system, a performance of the well for each candidate well parameter combination using the trained well performance predictor. The method further includes determining, via the computing system, an optimized well parameter combination for the well such that the predicted performance of the well is maximized.

An adhesively mountable image using a reusable adhesive surface is provided. The image carrier is removable from the adhesive carrier, and a subsequent image carrier may be releasably bound to the same adhesive carrier. Kits for this system are also provided.

Methods and apparatus for deploying a structure based upon aggregated objective measurements quantifying as built conditions and experiential conditions of the structure over time, and using those measurements to determine, among other things, compliance with applicable building codes. Precise locations of conditions measured are quantified via simplified X, Y and Z coordinate determination in combination with a determined direction of interest.

A video encoding/decoding apparatus includes: a video encoder for dividing coding unit block into combination of subblocks of codable size, determining combination of inter blocks and intra blocks with respect to each subblock, determining encoding order of intra encoding blocks within coding unit considering referencing possibility of peripheral pixel values of current block to be intra-prediction encoded, bi-directional intra prediction encoding the current block in determined encoding order, and transmitting encoding mode/size information of subblocks after locating encoding mode/size information in front of a syntax of the coding unit; and a video decoder for restoring encoding mode/size information of subblocks within the coding unit by decoding encoded data, reconstructing inter prediction encoded blocks, based on restored encoding mode information, and determining decoding order of intra prediction mode blocks according to encoding mode/size information of each subblock within coding unit, and conditions on referencing possibility of peripheral blocks of coding unit.

A structured prediction model learning apparatus, method, program, and recording medium maintain prediction performance with a smaller amount of memory. An auxiliary model is introduced by defining the auxiliary model parameter set θ^(k) with a log-linear model. A set Θ of auxiliary model parameter sets which minimizes the Bregman divergence between the auxiliary model and a reference function indicating the degree of pseudo accuracy is estimated by using unsupervised data. A base-model parameter set λ which minimizes an empirical risk function defined beforehand is estimated by using supervised data and the set Θ of auxiliary model parameter sets.

This invention uses non-parametric statistical measures and probability mathematical techniques to calculate deviations of variable values, on both the high and low side of a data distribution, from the midpoint of the data distribution. It transforms the data values and then combines all of the individual variable values into a single scalar value that is a “good-ness” score. This “good-ness” behavior score model characterizes “normal” or typical behavior, rather than predicting fraudulent, abusive, or “bad”, behavior. The “good” score is a measure of how likely it is that the subject's behavior characteristics are from a population representing a “good” or “normal” provider, claim, beneficiary or healthcare merchant behavior. The “good” score can replace or compliment a score model that predicts “bad” behavior in order to reduce false positive rates. The optimal risk management prevention program should include both a “good” behavior score model and a “bad” behavior score model.

The invention relates to a test method for lossless monitoring and detection for the material accelerated corrosion under a simulated marine environment, which comprises a corrosion accelerating test under the simulated marine environment and a test for the lossless monitoring and detection for the corrosion potential of material, wherein the corrosion accelerating test under the simulated marine environment is performed on a corrosion accelerating module, which can be used for finishing the tests for the marine or industrial atmospheric corrosion, splashed spoondrift corrosion, tidal range corrosion, full-soaking corrosion and sea mud microbiological corrosion. The test for the lossless monitoring and detection for the corrosion potential of material is finished by using a corrosion potential lossless monitoring and detection module. The method provided by the invention has the advantages that an environment for simulating each corrosion area in the ocean is supplied, the test period is shortened by performing the corrosion accelerating test, and the corrosion degree of the material is monitored and detected in the whole process. The method is used for supplying a technical support for evaluating the corrosion resistance of the material under the marine environment, thereby shortening the period of researching and testing the material.

Methods, apparatus and computer program products provide a fast and accurate model for simulating the effects of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) steps during fabrication of an integrated circuit by generating a design of an integrated circuit; while generating the design of the integrated circuit, using a simplified model to predict at least one physical characteristic of the integrated circuit which results from a CMP processing step to be used during manufacture of the integrated circuit, wherein the simplified model is derived from simulations performed prior to the design generation activities using a comprehensive simulation program used to model the physical characteristic; predicting performance of the integrated circuit using the predicted physical characteristic; and adjusting the design of the integrated circuit in dependence on the performance prediction.