Search for dissertations about: "Saliency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the word Saliency.

  2. 1. The Openness Buzz : A Study of Openness in Planning, Politics and Political Decision-Making in Sweden from an Institutional Perspective

    Author : Anna Lundgren; Hans Westlund; Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg; Thomas Denk; KTH; []
    Keywords : Openness; New Institutional Theory; Planning; Governance; Saliency; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : In today’s society of increased globalization and digitalization openness has become a buzzword. This raises questions about what we mean by openness and how it is interpreted in various contexts. READ MORE

  4. 2. Economic Voting and Issue Ownership. An Integrative Approach

    Author : Johan Martinsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic voting; issue ownership; unemployment; elections; Sweden; voting behavior; saliency; public agenda; government support;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to improve our understanding of how economic changes influence popular support for political parties. Previous studies have generally found that there is a tendency for the popular support of incumbent governments to diminish when the economic development deteriorates. READ MORE

  5. 3. Salient Region Detection Methods with Application to Traffic Sign Recognition from Street View Images

    Author : Keren Fu; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; normalized cut; traffic sign recognition; saliency propagation; color distribution; continuous conditional random field; manifold; Salient region detection; adaptive graph edge weights; color contrast; geodesics;

    Abstract : In the computer vision community, saliency detection refers to modeling the selective mechanism in human visual attentions. Outputs of saliency detection algorithms are called saliency maps, which represent conspicuousness levels of different scene areas. READ MORE

  6. 4. Visual Attention in Active Vision Systems : Attending, Classifying and Manipulating Objects

    Author : Babak Rasolzadeh; Jan-Olof Eklundh; Ales Leonardis; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; visual attention; saliency map; compter vision; robotics; active vision; machine learning;

    Abstract : This thesis has presented a computational model for the combination of bottom-up and top-down attentional mechanisms. Furthermore, the use for this model has been demonstrated in a variety of applications of machine and robotic vision. READ MORE

  7. 5. Effects of online advertising on children's visual attention and task performance during free and goal-directed internet use : A media psychology approach to children's website interaction and advert distraction

    Author : Nils Holmberg; Humanistlaboratoriet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; online advertising; children; website interaction; visual attention; distraction; cognitive load; eye-tracking; task-orientation; media effects; visual saliency; executive functions; media literacy; inhibitory control;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four eye-tracking studies that investigate how salient online advertising and children's level of executive function contributes to their advert distraction. In Study 1, children aged 9 were instructed to surf freely on the internet while all advert material appearing on-screen was registered. READ MORE